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Kin Foundation Publishes First Transparency Report Amid SEC Court Fight

Nikhilesh DeMay 21, 2020

The Kin Foundation is offering a peek under the hood of its operations with a new transparency report published with Messari.

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Judge Approved Blockchain Association’s Brief in Kik Case Despite SEC Objections

Nikhilesh DeApr 28, 2020

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein allowed the Blockchain Association to file a brief in the SEC v. Kik case a day after the regulator filed an objection to letting the group comment.

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Kin

Fed Up With Its Fork of Stellar, Kin Is Looking to Move Onto Solana

Brady DaleMay 22, 2020

The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.

Opinion

With Kik and Telegram Cases, the SEC Tries to Kill the SAFT

Preston J. ByrneApr 28, 2020

Invented by white shoe New York City law firms, the two-step Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) was supposed to keep crypto companies out of trouble. Now, the SEC is coming full bore for startups like Kik and Telegram.

Kik

SEC Opposes Blockchain Association’s Brief Supporting Kik, Says Group Isn’t ‘Neutral’

Paddy BakerApr 28, 2020

The SEC says 7 members of the Blockchain Association have financial interests in Kik in its opposition to the group's brief around the case.

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SEC

SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale

Nikhilesh DeApr 25, 2020

The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.

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Blockchain Association Tries to Draw Legal Line Between Kik’s Token and Its 2017 Pre-Sale

Anna BaydakovaApr 21, 2020

The Blockchain Association is claiming that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is wrongfully conflating Kik's exempt offering of securities during a 2017 ICO with the issuance of kin tokens

SEC

Kik Backs Away From Jury Trial Request in SEC Fight Over $100M Token Sale

Paddy BakerMar 23, 2020

Kik had previously asked for a jury trial to make its case against the SEC. Now it's seeking a summary judgment.

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Solana

Pitch Deck Says Solana Is Courting Dish Network, Kik for Its ‘Web-Scale’ Blockchain

Paddy BakerMar 9, 2020

Solana is looking to raise up to $12M at a $125M valuation, touting potential relationships with Dish and Kin in a pitch deck seen by CoinDesk.

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SEC

Federal Judge Orders Kik Technical Advisor to Sit for Deposition With SEC

Danny NelsonJan 22, 2020

Kik technical advisor Tanner Philp must sit for another deposition in the company's ongoing legal fight with the SEC over its 2017 token sale, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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