Kik News

Kik almost went to the verge of shutting down because of its lawsuit with the SEC. A buyout from MediaLab saved it.

MediaLab, a Santa Monica-based holding company, has finalized an agreement with Kik Interactive to acquire the Kik messaging platform.

Social media and messaging app Kik has revealed it’s “here to stay,” in an apparent reversal of earlier plans to shut down amid legal difficulties.

Canadian social media and messaging app company Kik is shutting down its popular messaging app.

Kik says the SEC’s allegations are based on smoke and mirror tactics, and that they have no strong evidence to support their case.

Kik is handing off its Defend Crypto fund to The Blockchain Association.

Kik’s claims that its Kin blockchain had exceeded ether and bitcoin in terms of daily activity are being questioned in a new Coin Metrics report.

Tron CEO Justin Sun gets to lunch with Warren Buffett for $4.5 million, while Facebook’s coin may come out this month.

Kik has launched a Defend Crypto campaign, while Facebook’s crypto coin could face some demographic challenges.

Why Kik believes it has a case against the SEC in proving that “kin” isn’t a security.

Kik’s lawsuit aims to force the U.S. SEC to give a ruling which will help clarify their regulatory stance towards crypto and ICOs.

Kik CEO Ted Livingston reportedly said that the company spent over $5 million on negotiations with the U.S. SEC.

Messaging app Kik intends to take the fight to the SEC if regulatory action is taken against its 2017 token sale.

Kik says the SEC will be “doubling down on a deeply flawed regulatory and enforcement approach” if it pursues an enforcement action.

The Kin Ecosystem Foundation has appointed a former executive of Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch as its chief marketing officer.