The number of mobile apps built around kin – the cryptocurrency created and launched by mobile messaging app Kik – is growing.
As of this writing, ten are already out, and more will become available as the Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Play and iOS stores move to approve them. All told, more than thirty apps are expected to debut in the coming weeks.
A quick summary: kin was created by the Canadian messaging app company Kik. To help bootstrap the project, Kik raised $98 million in one of 2017's biggest initial coin offerings (ICOs). And this summer, it announced it would support teams that are building apps that are designed to enable users to use – and earn – its token.