SEC Debacle Closes Kik Messaging App and Switch Focus to Kin Cryptocurrency

2019-9-25 09:00

Kik Interactive, the Candian firm in charge of the Kik messaging app and kin cryptocurrency, has officially announced plans to shut down the Kik app, downsize its workforce from over 100 to just 19 employees and take other measures to ensure the altcoin remains in existence, according to a blog post from Kik Founder andRead MoreRead More.

The post by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel appeared first on BTCManager, Bitcoin, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency News\.

Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024

origin »

Kin (KIN) на Currencies.ru

$ 0 (+0.00%)

Объем 24H $0

Изменеия 24h: 0.00 %, 7d: 0.00 %

Cегодня L: $0 - H: $2.24E-5

Капитализация $0 Rank 99999

Цена в час новости $ 2.51E-5 (-100%)

kik app cryptocurrency kin messaging measures founder

414 +

Источник: btcmanager.com

kik app → Результатов: 52

MediaLab Buys Kik Messaging App, Shares Plans to Expand KIN Project

The messaging app Kik was sold to MediaLab this week. Now, the holding company, which also operates another product called Whisper, is set to manage Kik as well. This happened because Kik Interactive, the company behind the messaging app, decided to shut down last month.

2019-10-19 02:04
kik app messaging company medialab week shut

215 +

Kik may sell its messaging app to keep the service alive

The Kik messaging app may not shut down after all as the CEO, Ted Livingston, claims there’s a buyer interested in purchasing the platform. Keeping Kik alive On Sept. 24, Ted Livingston, CEO at Kik Interactive Inc, announced the shut down of its messaging app, Kik.

2019-10-9 20:15	venture capital
kik app messaging livingston may alive ceo

159 +

KIN Crypto Project Struggles to Continue Without Kik App

The KIN digital asset will have a long way to go to compete with other coins.

2019-9-25 12:44	News
kin way long compete coins digital struggles

170 +

Messaging App Kik’s Legal Battle Shines Light on Past ICO Scams

Popular messaging app Kik is shutting down due to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit regarding ICO activity for the company’s cryptocurrency, kin. Ted Livingston, Founder and CEO of Kik and Kin, denies the allegations and maintains that the SEC’s case is based on mischaracterizations, but that shutdown for Kik is necessary to focus on […] The post Messaging App Kik’s Legal Battle Shines Light on Past ICO Scams appeared first on Bitcoin News.

2019-9-25 16:20
kik messaging ico app battle legal shines

181 +

Kik Project Enters Crypto Hall of Shame as KIN Goes to Zero

The Kik project, a much-touted $100 million ICO that promised to bring its token to the masses via a chat app, has met an inglorious end and become one of the crypto coins to truly go down to zero.

2019-9-24 15:00	Securities and Exchange Commission
kik project ico zero chat crypto app

184 +

Kik fires staff and shuts down messaging app but won’t stop fighting the SEC over its ICO

Following an embroiled relationship with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over its cryptocurrency come security token Kin, it appears that messaging app Kik‘s days are numbered. Kik‘s CEO, Ted Livingston, said in a blog post this morning that the ongoing fight with the SEC has left the company with no other decision but to shut down its messaging app.

2019-9-24 13:01	hard fork
kik sec app down messaging said livingston

255 +

Kik Closes Flagship App, Switches to Small Team

The Kik project, exhausted with the lawsuit from the US Sec, has decided to close its flagship app and continue with a small crypto-focused team.

2019-9-24 11:11	News
small team kik app flagship close decided

194 +

Kik Shutting Down Its Messaging App, CEO Threatens to Quit

Coinspeaker Kik Shutting Down Its Messaging App, CEO Threatens to QuitKik Interactive CEO Ted Livingston announced today that the company is shutting down Kik Messenger to focus on its cryptocurrency Kin, the target of a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

2019-9-24 10:20
kik ceo down shutting threatens app messaging

169 +

Kik Messaging App to Shut Down Following SEC Lawsuit Against ICO

"This is a direct impact from the SEC legal action," CEO Ted Livingston told CoinDesk.

2019-9-24 03:04
sec legal impact action ceo coindesk told

160 +

Kik Shutting Down Popular Messaging App Due to ICO Legal Battle

Kik is shuttering its popular messaging app after a protracted legal battle with the SEC

2019-9-24 02:25	Law
app kik battle messaging legal popular protracted

170 +

Kik Responds To SEC Lawsuit

In its 130-page document, Kik claims the US Securities and Exchange Commission "twisted facts" and took quotes out of context when it decided to sue the messaging app for its $100 million Kin token ICO.

2019-8-8 19:07	law and legislation
kik decided when context sue app kin

223 +

Kik Launches Scathing Rebuttal at SEC

The messaging app has filed a countersuit against the SEC, claiming the agency has deliberately twisted facts to make it seem like Kik had not complied with necessary regulations. The SEC launched an investigation into Kik and came to the conclusion that their token, Kin, was a security but did not comply with securities regulations.

2019-8-8 15:00
kik sec regulations did comply securities kin

231 +

Musical Tipping Comes To Kin Ecosystem

Kin, the cryptocurrency project associated with the popular instant messaging platform Kik, announced the integration of music app MonkingMe. The new app will allow music-lovers to tip their favorite artists with tokens, including KIN.

2019-7-31 22:59
kin app music monkingme musical tipping ecosystem

180 +

Libra Rival Kin Savages Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

The makers of Kik’s Kin cryptocurrency, which itself is no stranger to regulatory issues with the US government, do not feel one shred of sympathy for Facebook as Congress rakes Libra over the coals on Capitol Hill.

2019-7-17 01:01	Libra
facebook kin libra cryptocurrency rival savages million

183 +

SEC sues Kik for unregistered securities offering

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued messaging app Kik over their 2017 ICO for its KIN token. Officials allege that the ICO constituted an unregistered securities offering.

2019-6-5 12:05	Regulation
securities kik sec offering unregistered investors ico

223 +

Kik CEO: ‘Buy today, sell tomorrow, profit’ — SEC: ‘Nope, that’s illegal’

In a turn everyone should’ve seen coming, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing messaging app Kik for its initial coin offering (ICO). In court documents released yesterday, the SEC outlined that Kik’s sale of one trillion “Kin” tokens was not registered with the SEC.

2019-6-5 11:26	hard fork
kik sec tokens digital securities offering illegal

269 +

SEC Accusing Kik for Illegal ICO, and They May Be Right

Coinspeaker SEC Accusing Kik for Illegal ICO, and They May Be RightThe U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing messenger app maker Kik for $100 million ICO for its Kin token which they think was an unregistered securities sale.

2019-6-5 11:20
ico kik sec may illegal accusing securities

183 +

The Case of KiK and Quest for Howey Test Change

KiK, a freeware instant messaging app from the Canadian Company KiK Interactive, will take on the SEC in an attempt to challenge regulatory measures by the US regulatory agency. No doubt, the inevitable battle between.

2019-6-4 15:30
kik change regulatory howey test case quest

287 +

Cryptocurrency: Involvement of virtual assets among teens an adoption blessing or major exploitation?

Kin, a crypto-project based around messaging app Kik, recently made headlines as the organization launched the DefendCrypto. org dubbed fund against the US Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC].

2019-6-3 04:00	Trading View
major kin cryptocurrency blessing exploitation among adoption

210 +

Controversy Arises Around KIK $5M Fund To Take On the SEC

The firm behind Kik, a Canada-based messaging app, is going to court with the US Securities and Exchange Commission… The post Controversy Arises Around KIK $5M Fund To Take On the SEC appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

2019-5-30 21:51
kik take controversy sec arises fund around

185 +

Kik is Crowdfunding $5 Million in Crypto to Help Fight SEC

Messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. SEC over its ICO token, kin.

2019-5-29 17:11
sec crypto kik crowdfunding likely battle court

193 +

Kik And Tapatalk To Roll Out KIN Support For 200,000 Servers

Popular instant messaging app turned blockchain startup Kik has announced a partnership with online forum platform Tapatalk to leverage the KIN token on its massive roster of forums. KIN, the native token of the Kik project was developed to provide incentive for users to produce high quality content on its platform, and allow creators to […] The post Kik And Tapatalk To Roll Out KIN Support For 200,000 Servers appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

2019-3-28 19:24	social media
kin kik tapatalk token platform servers 200

215 +

Facebook Stablecoin Wants to Replace US Dollar Not Bitcoin: Kik Founder

Facebook could be on the path to replace the US Dollar with its own crypto asset as a global currency, claims Ted Livingston. The founder and chief executive of the Kik messaging app projected the upcoming stablecoin project as a WeChat aspirant.

2019-3-21 18:23	Facebook
facebook founder kik dollar stablecoin replace app

215 +

KIK CEO Ted Livingston Says the Kin Token Will Become ‘Super Valuable’ Amidst SEC Showdown

The CEO of the popular messaging app Kik, Ted Livingston, said that the token they are working on will become super valuable. These comments might not help the project’s plans to become one of the most used digital currencies in the market.

2019-2-1 20:05	News
super kik valuable token ceo livingston ted

210 +

Kik Prepares To Defend Its ICO Against SEC Allegations

The messaging app believes it has precedent on its side in a would-be court battle.

2019-1-29 23:17	law and legislation
precedent side battle court would-be believes messaging

169 +

Kin Founder Kiks Back at SEC

Ted Livingston, founder of the popular Canadian messaging app Kik, has tried not to tangle with regulators, at least until now. He responded to Canada’s murky regulatory framework by blocking residents of his home country from participating in the company’s ICO.

2019-1-29 22:34	US regulation
founder kin sec kiks back startup managed

215 +

Mobile Devs Can Now Monetize Games With the KIN Cryptocurrency

A new software development kit (SDK) released by Unity will allow indie developers to monetize their mobile games with the digital currency KIN. KIN was created last year by the “messaging app Kik and its Kin Ecosystem Foundation.

2019-1-28 16:14	Gaming
kin games monetize cryptocurrency mobile sdk unity

200 +

Chat App Kik Says It Will Fight SEC Over Possible ICO Action

Messaging app company Kik says it will stand up to the SEC over an expected enforcement action relating to its 2017 initial coin offering

2019-1-28 15:20
sec action app kik says enforcement offering

165 +

WhatsApp could be getting its own cryptocurrency

Kik might not be the only messaging app to support cryptocurrency payments if Facebook’s latest dream comes true. According to people close with the matter, the social media behemoth is looking to develop a cryptocurrency that enables WhatsApp users to transfer money to each other, reports Bloomberg.

2018-12-21 11:29	hard fork
whatsapp cryptocurrency only might stablecoin value long

185 +

Kik Begins Rollout of Crypto Ecosystem with Kin Tipping Feature

The Kin Foundation has begun rolling out its plans to build a cryptocurrency ecosystem to power its messenger platform, starting with a new tipping feature. Kik Kickstarts Its Crypto Strategy with Kin Tipping Kik, the popular messenger app for iPhone and Android, revealed today a new tipping feature that uses the company’s native Kin cryptocurrency.

2018-12-7 23:00
tipping kin feature kik ecosystem crypto cryptocurrency

177 +

Tapatalk Partners With Kik’s KIN Coin, Will Reward Users With Crypto For Posting Quality Content

Tapatalk plans to give away crypto rewards to users to encourage positive behavior on the platform. The popular online forum aggregator mobile app will send users Kin (KIN) tokens when they post “quality content” on the app.

2018-11-30 07:42	News
kin tapatalk users online quality content app

210 +

Growing ecosystem and big adoption boost: Kik’s coin (KIN) to be integrated with Tapatalk

Kin is a cryptocurrency that will be used within the Kik messaging app and other apps from this ecosystem, which is one of the world’s largest chat and social media platforms. Due to the Kik’s tangible nature and a large user base (currently has 300 million registered users and 15 million active daily users), this […] The post Growing ecosystem and big adoption boost: Kik’s coin (KIN) to be integrated with Tapatalk appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

2018-11-29 20:57	Crypto Journal
kik kin ecosystem million users growing tapatalk

155 +

Payments Platform Kin Announces Token Migration from Ethereum to Custom Stellar Fork

The Kin project, launched by the developers of cross platform messaging app Kik, has announced that it will be completely moving away from the Ethereum blockchain in favor of Stellar. In a blog post released November 14, 2018, the project’s Blockchain Team Lead Gadi Srebnik wrote, “Apps are coming online with thousands of consumers earning and spending Kin every day.

2018-11-19 05:00	scalability
blockchain kin stellar platform project ethereum earning

185 +

Kik’s KIN Cryptocurrency Token Sides With Stellar (XLM) Blockchain Over Ethereum (ETH) For Launch

Kik, the instant messenger app has finally decided to quit on Ethereum permanently as it works to develop its own cryptocurrency called Kin. While the token had initially launched early on during the upward trend of the ICO boom, Kik has since announced that it will be moving away from its atomic swap with Ethereum. […]

2018-11-15 09:27	News
ethereum kik kin cryptocurrency token trend ico

225 +

FBI uses FaceID to unlock a suspect’s iPhone X for the first time

For the first time ever, America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had a suspect to unlock his iPhone X using FaceID. The agency forced Grant Michalski – an Ohio resident who is accused of receiving and possessing child pornography – to unlock his iPhone X with his face on August 10.

2018-10-2 16:32	security
fbi iphone unlock had michalski phone faceid

266 +

Former Twitch Executive Hired as CMO for Kik Messaging App’s Kin Cryptocurrency

As you may know, the popular chat platform Kik expanded into cryptocurrencies earlier this year with the funding of 40 different blockchain projects under it’s “Kin” asset. The project received some positive news on Tuesday, as it has now brought on Matthew DiPietro as a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), according to a press release.

2018-9-21 18:44	Cryptocurrency News
kik cmo kin former dipietro cryptocurrency app

235 +

Beauty app teams up with Kik to bring cryptocurrency to 92 million women

AR-powered vanity platform Perfect365, which touts more than 100 million (mostly female) users, is the latest startup to embrace blockchain technology and tokenize its platform. Through a collaboration with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), the beauty app will soon reward users with cryptocurrency for their activity on Perfect365.

2018-9-20 18:31	hard fork
perfect365 cryptocurrency users mostly beauty blockchain kin

264 +

Crypto Startup Reels in Twitch Executive to Spearhead Adoption Strategies

Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.

2018-9-18 19:38	Startups
kin dipietro twitch marketing app token way

565 +

Kik-approved messaging app caught storing user passwords in plain text

It appears that messaging app Blastchat – which was recently selected for Kik’s $3 million cryptocurrency developer program – has been caught storing sensitive user data, including passwords, in plain text.

2018-9-13 18:51	hard fork
program developer kik passwords blastchat messaging cryptocurrency

216 +

Kin Launches the Kinit in iOS App Store and Google Play

Kinit is a messaging app that allows its users to earn cryptocurrency just by using the app. It is the first app developed by KiK, a messaging service which also launched its cryptocurrency called Kin in the fall of 2017.

2018-8-25 11:00
app kinit kin messaging ios launched cryptocurrency

162 +

KiK’s Kinit App Now Lands on iOS Platform

Kinit application users can set up the Kin wallet in quick simple steps while engaging in intuitive activities to earn Kin tokens. Users can also access the Kin marketplace, comprising of a variety of brands and retailers.

2018-8-25 04:00
kinit ios app kin users platform earn

231 +

Kik Launches Kinit App for iOS, Allows Users to Earn and Spend Kin Cryptocurrency In-App

Social media platform Kik has recently launched a new app known as Kinit to enable iOS users to earn and spend the Kin digital currency. Details of the Kinit App According to VentureBeat, Canadian messaging app Kik has given iOS users the opportunity to earn and spend cryptocurrency with the launch of its Kinit app.

2018-8-24 00:30	Cryptocurrency News
app kinit earn kik spend ios users

236 +

KIN Crypto Project to Test 40 Developers for App Ecosystem

KIN, the cryptocurrency project of the Kik chat app, aims to expand its portfolio of products through a developer incubator program and is about to test 40 apps.

2018-8-16 14:49	News
kin app test project incubator developer products

265 +

Kin Cryptocurrency to Distribute $3 Million Across 40 Blockchain Projects

Kin, the new cryptocurrency backed by the social media app, Kik, announced $3 million in funding to 40 blockchain-based applications launching on its development platform. First announced back in July, the Kin Developer Program challenged 25 developers to create apps that “successfully create meaningful earn, spend, and peer-to-peer use cases for the Kin cryptocurrency in their… The post Kin Cryptocurrency to Distribute $3 Million Across 40 Blockchain Projects appeared first on UNHASHED.

2018-8-16 01:32
kin cryptocurrency million announced create across distribute

187 +

Multiple Companies Testing Out Cryptocurrency From Messaging App Kik

Messaging service Kik unveiled their own cryptocurrency last year, partially as a way to set it apart from the competition. A growing number of companies are now trying out Kik’s ‘Kin’ virtual currency and associated application for their own usage.

2018-8-7 23:00	Stellar
kik messaging companies out cryptocurrency multiple year

221 +

Kinit Partners with Swelly and True[X] to Earn KIN Reward Points for Users

In a recent Medium post shared by the B2B Communications Manager at Kik, it has been unveiled that the Kinit Beta App has gained popularity since its launch. The app was advertised as allowing users to shop with a wide range of offers provided by giants like Amazon and Google Play. However, it has also […]

2018-8-7 00:01	News
users kinit app allowing shop advertised launch

214 +

Messaging App, Kik, Debuts Kinit For the First Time

Canadian messaging application Kik has launched its first beta product called Kinit, which is related to the company’s Kin token, TechCrunch reported July 18. The ICO for the Kin token concluded in September 2017, having raised almost $100 million from more than 10,000 participants in 117 countries. Kinit is a wallet app designed for active

2018-7-19 07:40
kinit messaging token kin app kik million

220 +

Kik Messaging App Reveals Its First Beta Product, Kinit

Following a $100 million ICO, messaging app Kik has revealed its beta product Kinit related to the company’s Kin token

2018-7-19 04:48	Gaming
product kinit kik beta app messaging related

258 +

Three Million USD Goes To Fund 25 Kik Messenger Kin Token Marketplaces

People may pay more money for stickers and photos, if it was easier to do of course. It’s a conflicting viewpoint, however, it’s the main premise backing one of the biggest ICOs of last year, that raised $98 million selling Ethreum-Based tokens designed for the KIK Mssaging app company. To get a community around the […]

2018-7-12 09:46	News
kik million year raised icos one main

199 +

дальше еще 3 новостей →

Партнеры Currencies.ru

Аналог Notcoin - Blum - Играй и зарабатывай Монеты

Реклама на Currencies.ru

Самое свежее на Currencies.ru

Bitcoin's 'Outside Day' Sets Stage for $70K, Altcoins Break Out: Technical Analysis

Thursday's bullish trading range marks an end of the recent consolidation and a resumption of the rebound from lows under $53,000.

Franklin Templeton Weighs New Crypto Fund Investing in Tokens Beyond Bitcoin, Ether: Report

The private fund targeting institutional investors would offer exposure to a range of cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin and ether, The Information reported.

Crypto Markets Under Pressure as $2B Worth of Altcoin Token Unlocks and $11B Bitcoin Distribution Loom

Investors should brace for waves of fear, uncertainty and doubt – or FUD – over the next few months, a K33 Research analyst said.

Bitcoin Plunges to $66K, Altcoins Tumble 10-15% on Ugly Day for Risk Assets

Investors may expect market weakness due to the tax season, Ryze Labs said in a report.

Altcoins could face a “mania phase” soon: Bitfinex

Altcoins display strength as the Total3 index reaches a new high, with Ethereum and Layer 1 projects leading the charge in the crypto market.

Falling Bitcoin-Ether Spread is Music to Altcoin Traders' Ears

The funding rate spread has collapsed, indicating increased appetite by traders to speculate further out on the risk curve, one analyst said.

New Peaks: 2 Notable Cryptos Hit Historic Highs

Worldcoin (WLD) and BEAM are two altcoins that reached new all-time high prices today.

The post New Peaks: 2 Notable Cryptos Hit Historic Highs appeared first on BeInCrypto.

2019-9-25 09:00

kik app → Результатов: 52

2019-10-19 02:04

2019-10-9 20:15

2019-9-25 12:44

2019-9-25 16:20

2019-9-24 15:00

2019-9-24 13:01

2019-9-24 11:11

2019-9-24 10:20

2019-9-24 03:04

2019-9-24 02:25

2019-8-8 19:07

2019-8-8 15:00

2019-7-31 22:59

2019-7-17 01:01

2019-6-5 12:05

2019-6-5 11:26

2019-6-5 11:20

2019-6-4 15:30

2019-6-3 04:00

2019-5-30 21:51

2019-5-29 17:11

2019-3-28 19:24

2019-3-21 18:23

2019-2-1 20:05

2019-1-29 23:17

2019-1-29 22:34

2019-1-28 16:14

2019-1-28 15:20

2018-12-21 11:29

2018-12-7 23:00

2018-11-30 07:42

2018-11-29 20:57

2018-11-19 05:00

2018-11-15 09:27

2018-10-2 16:32

2018-9-21 18:44

2018-9-20 18:31

2018-9-18 19:38

2018-9-13 18:51

2018-8-25 11:00

2018-8-25 04:00

2018-8-24 00:30

2018-8-16 14:49

2018-8-16 01:32

2018-8-7 23:00

2018-8-7 00:01

2018-7-19 07:40

2018-7-19 04:48

2018-7-12 09:46

Партнеры Currencies.ru

Реклама на Currencies.ru

Самое свежее на Currencies.ru

Add news: propose for publication, Submit ICO