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Anonymous messaging app Kik closes tomorrow, swapping kink community for crypto

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 23, 2025View source ↗
Anonymous messaging app Kik will be shutting down on September 27 to focus its efforts on fighting for the survival of its sister crypto-currency company, Kin. From tomorrow – a decade after its introduction – Kik’s 300 million users will need to migrate to an alternative service. Though many have been calling for its ban for years now, CEO Ted Livingstone announced that Kik will be shutting down to focus its efforts on building a “Kin Ecosystem” in a battle against the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC released a statement in June stating Kin sold crypto tokens to […]
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