Tag: kik
The SEC finally loses patience — and sues Kik over the Kin ICO
It would probably help if the CEO hadn’t literally said “value goes up”.
News: LocalBitcoins less local, Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX, crypto banking, Telegram, Wirecard, EOS Voice, Kik and Defund Crypto, Wright gets a copyright competitor
So much for the “business deals in parking lots” market.
News: Ripple’s partners are fog, Bitcoin ups and downs and downs, Kik vs SEC, unbanking the banked
QuadrigaCX’s Litecoin “cold” wallets are being drained as I write this.
News: Me in York this Saturday, Bitcoin unpopular, Kik not so keen on blockchains, SEC vs Titanium, Request and Wikipedia update
Plus adventures in blockchain punditry.
News: Kik vs SEC, Kraken still offline, Brazil, Portugal, why you can’t cash out, porn ICO, musical blockchain
Things other than KodakCoin happened. I was going to have a “no cryptos” day today, but …
News: Bitfinex warrant canary disappears, Hyperledger loses members, Kik vs CryptoKitties
“Bitcoin is finance, distilled … There are no fundamentals, no cash flows or price-earnings ratios, to evaluate. It is pure speculation about speculation, a Keynesian beauty contest where all the pictures are blank.”
News: Bitcoin Cash roadmap, Bitpay as exchange, no Kik ICO for Canada, FT vs Mone, Bitcoin not banned in China
In case you wondered why Bitcoin crashed this afternoon …
Kik’s ICO for a centralised “cryptocurrency:” a desperation move at the venture capital drying up
Startup funding is always a tricky one. How about an ICO for struggling instant messaging startup Kik to get money from crypto gamblers without diluting their ownership? Offering a “general purpose cryptocurrency” to take cryptocurrency “mainstream,” that’s only slightly completely centralised.