The founder of Omise — the company behind the OmiseGo cryptocurrency — denied reports that his Ethereum-based payments platform was acquired for $150 million by Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand’s largest private company. Omise Founder Demands Retraction Jun Hasegawa issued an angry denial on Twitter, where he accused the crypto news website The Block of pushing fake news. Hasegawa also threatened to take legal action if a correction/retraction isn’t issued. Hasegawa has not yet responded to CCN’s requests for comment. In response to Hasegawa’s volcanic denials, The Block reporter who broke the story says he stands by his reporting and his The post Crypto Clash: OmiseGo Denies $150 Million Acquisition, Slams Report as Fake News appeared first on CCN
