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Messaging app giant Kakao – which launched its own blockchain in June – has teased the release of a crypto wallet dubbed "Klip" later this year.
2019-8-12 13:00 | |
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KakaoTalk, a South Korean instant messaging application is the newest member of the crypto-community as it is set to launch its native cryptocurrency wallet ‘Klip’. Recently, Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, Ground X released its own blockchain platform called Klaytn and the latest crypto wallet, Klip, is the result of it.
2019-8-12 10:30 | |
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Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1. 5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to exploit the platform to manipulate or spoof chat messages. The flaws would make it possible to “intercept and manipulate messages sent in both private and group conversations, giving attackers the power to create and spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources,” the researchers noted.
2019-8-8 14:01 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Somewhere in the world, seated in a makeshift faraday cage, the godfather of tech security John McAfee continues to passionately advocate for internet privacy. His latest comments focus on Facebook’s encrypted messaging app, WhatsApp, and his fears that the U.
2019-8-2 00:15 | |
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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 | |
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On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services for a variety of digital assets.
2019-7-30 22:30 | |
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WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging service, with over 1. 5 billion monthly users, but it’s always had one annoying limitation: you need your cellphone to use it. Sure, you could sign onto the Web or desktop app and access most of the service’s features, but it requires your phone be on and connected to the internet at all times, and it only works on one device at a time.
2019-7-27 22:32 | |
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Google appears to have a problem with stopping malicious apps from sneaking into the Play Store. In what appears to yet another case of malware disguised as a legitimate app, security researchers from Symantec have found a new app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram messaging app — only to push malicious websites in the background.
2019-7-16 14:40 | |
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Pundi X, the blockchain asset payment ecosystem, today revealed new features and support for its XWallet app, including Telegram chat, Crypto Gift, QTUM support in the virtual card, and overall improvements concerning user experience.
2019-7-9 16:10 | |
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Blockchain advisory firm AmaZix is launching a "moderation bot" to help stamp out cryptocurrency scams on popular messaging app Telegram.
2019-7-3 15:35 | |
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The Klaytn blockchain from the fold of messaging app giant Kakao has launched on its mainnet, with a governing body including big enterprises like LG.
2019-6-27 15:30 | |
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Line Corporation, the firm in charge of Japan’s largest messaging app, Line Messenger, is set to be approved for its BitMax bitcoin exchange from the Financial Services Agency (FSA), reports Bloomberg on June 20, 2019.
2019-6-21 20:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency may issue a license as early as this month that would allow the messaging app Line to open an exchange, allowing its users to trade cryptocurrency, including Line's native token, Link.
2019-6-21 19:23 | |
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Japanese messaging company Line Corp is reportedly gearing up to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, The report comes just days after fellow tech giant Facebook announced the launch of Libra. According to Bloomberg, which cites people close to the matter, Line could receive its license this month, with exchange operations expected to begin a few weeks after it gets the green light.
2019-6-20 14:34 | |
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Circle is shutting down Circle Pay, a fiat money sending service with a social messaging component
2019-6-14 22:24 | |
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As Hong Kong battles against the proposed extradition bill that would China more power over the autonomous territory, protesters in the city are said to have experienced an outage of Telegram‘s encrypted messaging service yesterday – and Beijing may have had something to do with it.
2019-6-13 08:50 | |
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As Hong Kong battles against the proposed extradition bill that would China more power over the autonomous territory, protesters in the city are said to have experienced an outage of Telegram‘s encrypted messaging service yesterday – and Beijing may have had something to do with it.
2019-6-13 08:50 | |
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It appears that encrypted-messaging app Telegram is finally going forward with the public sale of its Gram tokens, as announced in a press release on June 11, 2019. This comes after the messaging app initially canceled its earlier public ICO plan, amid a firestorm of SEC clampdown on the funding mechanism.
2019-6-12 21:00 | |
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The tokens from messaging app Telegram’s initial coin offering (ICO) are being offered for public sale. But tread carefully, it’s not as simple as it sounds. In fact, it’s not even Telegram offering the sale.
2019-6-12 17:06 | |
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In a bid to expand its reach, facilitate cross-border payments and offer existing customers more benefits, Line Pay, the digital wallet and fintech solution from the stables of Line Messenger, Japan’s largest messaging app, has announced its partnership with Visa, a global payments processor.
2019-6-7 15:00 | |
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Line Pay Corporation, the payments business of Japanese messaging app Line, has extended its partnership with global payments firm Visa to create new fintech solutions, including blockchain-based products.
2019-6-7 01:17 | |
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LINE Pay Corp., the operator of fintech services on major Japanese messaging app LINE, is partnering with Visa on new blockchain and digital payments solutions
2019-6-7 12:23 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Button Wallet, a crypto wallet running on popular messaging app Telegram, has announced the addition of a new feature that allows users in the US to buy cryptocurrencies using fiat currency right within the app, the company said on Thursday.
2019-6-4 01:42 | |
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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 | |
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Users of the Telegram-infused cryptocurrency Button Wallet can now purchase digital assets through its partnership with the payment processor Wyre. Button Wallet allows users to store, send, and receive cryptocurrencies like BCH, ETH, BTC, LTC, and ETC through the Telegram messaging app.
2019-6-1 23:40 | |
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Global messaging app Telegram has officially introduced a preliminary version of the TON Blockchain Lite Client
2019-5-30 02:45 | |
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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 | |
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If you didn’t know, popular instant messaging app – Telegram – has its own blockchain called the Telegram Open Network (TON) which was launched late last year. During its closed Initial Coin Offering (ICO) earlier in 2018, it successfully raised about $1.
2019-5-28 17:30 | |
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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 | |
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E-cash inventor David Chaum says he believes the real killer app for blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be privacy-oriented messaging systems integrated with payments
2019-5-27 16:10 | |
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For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. This story explores how the app bthere wants to combat and prevent sexual assault on college campuses using group messages and geolocation tracking.
2019-5-21 17:52 | |
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Facebook’s popular messaging app with 1. 5 billion users in over 180 countries has another major vulnerability. Hackers were able to covertly install spyware on iOS and Android smartphones using Whatsapp with just a phone call.
2019-5-20 06:01 | |
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Whats App users can now send and receive Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) via the popular messaging platform thanks to the Lite. Im bot. The announcement is the latest attempt to simplify the cryptocurrency transaction process, bringing virtual currencies closer to the everyday person.
2019-5-20 01:00 | |
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WhatsApp, the messaging app used by more than 1. 5 billion worldwide, says it’s patched a critical security vulnerability which allowed attackers to secretly infect phones with malicious spyware by just calling phone numbers over an in-app audio call.
2019-5-14 14:18 | |
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WeChat, the #1 messaging app in China, is also widely used for cryptocurrency transactions. Recently, WeChat Payment has revised the “WeChat Agreement for Payment Service,” which involves the control and regulation of illegal transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions.
2019-5-9 22:54 | |
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China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, will ban crypto trading and transactions on apps by the end of May.… The post WeChat To Ban Crypto Trading And Exchange Activities, Binance CEO Says It’s Good Long Term appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-5-8 09:19 | |
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WeChat, China’s most popular cross-platform social media, messaging and mobile payment app, has now added an update to its payment policy, disallowing customers to engage in cryptocurrency trading.
2019-5-7 18:33 | |
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The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, WeChat, has updated its terms of service to ban merchants from fundraising by using tokens or cryptocurrencies. The Tencent-operated chat messaging app quietly revised its policy last month; the new policy will take effect on May 31.
2019-5-7 17:19 | |
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In a bid to diversify and bolster adoption, the Dash-powered cryptocurrency payment platform, Dash Text, made a foray into the Telegram app. This development emerges after the completion of the beta trials.
2019-4-27 21:30 | |
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Dash, the thirteenth largest cryptocurrency, has now been integrated with Telegram, a popular messaging app. This is thanks to the work of Dash Text, a crypto wallet that originally relied on SMS messaging.
2019-4-28 20:40 | |
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Social media giant Facebook and its Instagram and Whatsapp platforms went down for a couple of hours highlighting the stability of Bitcoin and its decentralized architecture. Facebook Goes Down Social media website Facebook went down for a few hours on April 13th according to a monitoring resource downdetector.
2019-4-16 04:00 | |
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Five years ago, Facebook began encouraging users to use its standalone Messenger app to chat with their contacts, instead of using the built-in feature in the social network’s mobile apps. It appears that it’s now looking to bring messaging back to the primary Facebook app experience – which indicates a change in strategy for keeping users engaged on the platform App researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook feature in the works, which shows a new tab for messaging people right within the social network’s app.
2019-4-12 10:48 | |
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Telegram is a hugely popular messaging app with over 200 million monthly users, available across a large range of platforms and countries. Telegram’s messaging service has held huge appeal for those looking at alternatives to chat applications owned by social media giants, like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp; amid mounting concerns over user privacy.
2019-4-10 17:28 | |
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It’s a big day for Slack. Today, the enterprise messaging app ticked off an item that’s long been top of users’ wishlists and announced new integrations with Office 365. Let’s start with the former first, as (speaking personally) it’s the most exciting.
2019-4-9 19:11 | |
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Coinspeaker Popular Asian Messaging App Line Expands into Cashless Payments and FinTechLine, one of the most popular messaging apps in Japan and other Asian countries, is going to expand its business into e-payments and other fintech services.
2019-4-1 15:21 | |
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SpankChain's Allie Eve Knox talks to CoinDesk's Leigh Cuen about what sex workers want from crypto.
New York introduces a bill that will decriminalize sex workers. This state-wide bill is back by a coalition of more than 30 organizations across LGBTQ R’ US, racial justice and immigrant rights. This is truly amazing sex workers have always been in the shadows almost like the boogeymen of our society.
The platform, currently in a closed beta, aims to match sex workers with clients (just as Uber does for drivers and passengers). However, experts familiar with the complexities of sex work identified a litany of issues unique to this project, from exploitative fees to a lack of sex worker representation in the project’s leadership. A