Insurance technology (InsurTech) company Kin is merging with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Omnichannel Acquisition Corp. to go public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “KI.” The combined entity will be called Kin Insurance and will be valued at an estimated $1.03 billion....
Canadian social media company Kik has announced a crowdfunding effort aimed to help it — and other cryptocurrency firms — fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The battle that sparked the effort focuses on the company’s 2017 initial coin offering, where it sold...
Augmented reality (AR)-powered beauty app Perfect365 is going to start rewarding its more than 100 million users with cryptocurrency. According to The Next Web, through a partnership with Kin (a cryptocurrency developed by messaging giant Kik), users will be rewarded with cryptocurrency whenever they complete surveys and...
You’ve probably read a lot about bitcoin lately, as its value has been running a seemingly infinite victory lap this week and throughout 2017. But there’s more to bitcoin than stocks and price per coin. Here are some of the numbers behind the cryptocurrency. 182%...
July 19, 2021
Insurance technology (InsurTech) company Kin is merging with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Omnichannel Acquisition Corp. to go public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “KI.” The combined entity will be called Kin Insurance and will be valued at an estimated $1.03 billion. The deal includes an $80 million PIPE commitment led by […]
May 31, 2019
Canadian social media company Kik has announced a crowdfunding effort aimed to help it — and other cryptocurrency firms — fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The battle...
September 20, 2018
Augmented reality (AR)-powered beauty app Perfect365 is going to start rewarding its more than 100 million users with cryptocurrency. According to The Next Web, through a partnership with Kin (a cryptocurrency...
May 26, 2017
Kik, the messaging app, is creating its own cryptocurrency in an effort to boost user numbers and get brands to engage more with the company. According to a report, Canada-based...
