Viber is an instant messaging and voice over IP app originally developed in Israel. It was bought by the Japanese online giant Rakuten in 2014 for $900 million, and now has over a billion registered users worldwide. Its parent company, which announced plans to launch ‘Rakuten Coin’ based on its existing loyalty program back in February, is reportedly now
Messaging Apps Love Cryptocurrencies and Tokens
leading communications apps have been part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem for a while now. Back in 2017 Kik Messenger, which has over 300 million registered users and is mostly popular with teenagers, raised nearly $100 million from more than 10,000 ICO investors in 117 countries for its Kin token. Telegram raised a whopping $1.7 billion earlier this year from a small group investors just in anticipation of an ICO that wasn’t eventually needed.
