{"id":27795,"date":"2020-08-27T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27795"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:10:57","slug":"line-launches-cryptocurrency-wallet-and-blockchain-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/line-launches-cryptocurrency-wallet-and-blockchain-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"LINE launches cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINE, operator of the eponymous Japanese messenger, has launched a cryptocurrency wallet and a blockchain platform for developers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LINE Blockchain Developers is now open!<br \/>\nDesigned to help a seamless and simple blockchain development, LINE Blockchain Developers will help you build a stable and sustainable blockchain ecosystem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRzjJ3vHbF\">https:\/\/t.co\/JRzjJ3vHbF<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LINETokenEconomy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LINETokenEconomy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LINEBlockchainPlatform?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LINEBlockchainPlatform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LINE Blockchain (@LINEBC_Global) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LINEBC_Global\/status\/1298461503180247041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The LINE Blockchain Developers platform will allow issuing its own tokens, tokenizing assets, and launching decentralized applications (dApps).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linecorp.com\/en\/pr\/news\/en\/2020\/3386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from LINE, the BITMAX Wallet is currently available only to users in Japan, where LINE is particularly popular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, LINE announced the launch of its public blockchain Link Chain and a cryptocurrency named Link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the same year, the company launched the cryptocurrency exchange Bitbox in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, LINE opened the cryptocurrency platform BitMax for users in Japan, approved by the local regulator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year the company closed Singapore&#8217;s Bitbox. In its place in the United States, a new global platform for crypto trading BitFront began operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed of news, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINE, the operator of the eponymous Japanese messenger, has launched a cryptocurrency wallet and a blockchain platform for developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1664,329,57],"class_list":["post-27795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-line","tag-platforms","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27796,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27795\/revisions\/27796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}