The cryptocurrency developed by mobile messaging giant kick is seeing a growing number of third-party apps hit popular stores run by Apple and Google.

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The number of mobile apps built around KIN, the cryptocurrency created and launched by mobile

messaging app kick, is growing. As of today, 10 are already out, and more will become available

as the Google Play and iOS stores move to approve them. All told, more than 30 apps are expected to debut in the coming weeks.

To help bootstrap the project, Kickraise $98 million in one of 2017's biggest initial

coin offerings. And this summer, it announced it would support teams that are building apps

designed to enable users to use and earn its crypto token kin.

All of the apps are aimed at a common goal to see if cryptocurrencies can improve traditional

mobile use cases, whether it's dating or task tracking apps. Still, there's one possible

hurdle to adoption. It's currently not possible to deposit or withdraw kin. That is forthcoming,

though. Once KIC develops a solution, they believe works. They'll then approach the mobile app

teams and recommend its adoption. Next up, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,

or SEC, brought more than a dozen successful enforcement

actions specifically related to crypto token sales in the fiscal year that ended September 30th.

At least three of these sales reportedly raised more than a combined $68 million from investors

before being shut down, the agency said in its annual report Friday. To be sure,

that's just a sliver of the more than $3.945 billion in disgorgement and penalties the SEC

collected during fiscal year 2018. But the increase in enforcement actions surrounding initial

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