Crypto alternate BitMax simply made Japanese messaging app LINE’s token obtainable for buying and selling.In accordance with an Aug. 6 discover fro
Crypto alternate BitMax simply made Japanese messaging app LINE’s token obtainable for buying and selling.
In accordance with an Aug. 6 discover from LINE, the most important messaging app in Japan with 84 million energetic month-to-month customers shall be making its native LINK (LN) token obtainable for buying and selling by crypto alternate BitMax. This makes LN the sixth crypto asset at present supported by the alternate, together with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Bitcoin Money (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC).
The LN token was initially issued in 2018 for customers as a part of a rewards program by the messaging app. BITFRONT, LINE’s native alternate that covers areas outdoors Japan, began supporting the token in October 2018.
LINK or Chainlink?
Although the unabbreviated title of LINE’s token is LINK, it has completely no connection to crypto asset Chainlink (LINK). LINE’s LN token launched in August 2018, nearly a 12 months after Chainlink debuted.
Maybe in an try and differentiate itself from Chainlink, LINE’s web site and LN whitepaper not refers back to the unique blockchain title of “LINK chain,” however somewhat the LINE blockchain.
Nevertheless, In an announcement to Cointelegraph, a consultant from LINE mentioned the corporate had no plans to rebrand or rename the cryptocurrency.
The worth of the LN token is $20.99 on the time of writing, having risen 31.8% within the final 24 hours.