Rakuten Coin, as conceived by the initiators of the issue, will contribute to increasing customer loyalty to the company's products, which is not only Viber.
The start is supported by a startup from the United States Bitnet Technologies Ltd. The timing of the launch of the cryptocurrency into circulation has not yet been disclosed.
Rakuten to accept bitcoins for the past three years, from March 2015.
Rakuten is inspired by the experience of another popular messenger, planning the release of its own currency — Telegram, announced the start of ICO. Thanks to this news, the company managed to raise large investments.
Hiroshi Mikitani, head of the huge Japanese company Rakuten, which owns the popular messenger Viber, told reporters that the release of RakutenCoin will be unlimited.
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