Kik Must Pay SEC $5M, Judge Rules, Ending Yearlong Battle Over $100M ICO
Kik will pay $5 million in penalties as part of a proposed settlement with the SEC, which sued the messaging app last year.
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Oct 20, 2020 at 5:18 p.m. UTC
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Telegram's Defeat Isn't 'Binding' in Kik Case, Judge Tells SEC
Kik's proverbial day in court may take a lot longer than Telegram's, if the judge’s response to the SEC during a hearing this week is any indication.
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Jul 10, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
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Fed Up With Its Fork of Stellar, Kin Is Looking to Move Onto Solana
The Kin Foundation is seeking to move the kin cryptocurrency onto the Solana blockchain, according to a proposal shared with CoinDesk.
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May 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Kin Foundation Publishes First Transparency Report Amid SEC Court Fight
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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May 21, 2020 at 7:09 p.m. UTC
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SEC Opposes Blockchain Association's Brief Supporting Kik, Says Group Isn't 'Neutral'
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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Apr 28, 2020 at 3:05 p.m. UTC
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SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale
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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Apr 25, 2020 at 9:06 a.m. UTC
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Pitch Deck Says Solana Is Courting Dish Network, Kik for Its 'Web-Scale' Blockchain
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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Mar 9, 2020 at 7:49 p.m. UTC
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Kik (Again) Asks for Trial in Legal Tussle With SEC Over Token Sale
Kik is hoping to go to trial in the ongoing legal fight with the SEC over its 2017 kin token sale.
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Jan 10, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integration
Kik has sold its messaging business to a holding company called MediaLab but plans to continue enabling Kin on the platform
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Oct 18, 2019 at 7:05 p.m. UTC
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WATCH: Join CoinDesk LIVE With Kik CEO Ted Livingston
After rocky interactions with the SEC, Kik CEO Ted Livingston will join us on CoinDesk LIVE.
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Aug 7, 2019 at 6:45 p.m. UTC
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