Dunamu, the fintech arm of South Korea's largest Internet corporation Kakao, is reportedly launching a blockchain service platform designed to help companies start businesses using blockchain.
Korea's JoongAng Daily reported the news on March 19.The platform, which is called Luniverse and supervised by blockchain technology research lab Lambda256, is geared to help IT startups develop blockchain-based services.
The platform reportedly has a high level of security and an automated scaling function, that can adjust blockchain sizes in accordance with the amount of data stored on it.
To implement the service, Dunamu reportedly collaborated with blockchain companies that provided various blockchain apps and products following clients' business fields.
Park Jae-hyun, CEO and former research head of Lambda256 said that "In the past, a lot of companies built their own blockchain, but an alternative is outsourcing the establishment of a blockchain in the form of a service offered on cloud systems."
Yesterday, Kakao announced the integration of its cryptocurrency wallet in its messaging app KakaoTalk, which will purportedly enable more than 44 million South Korean KakaoTalk users to send peer-to-peer transactions using Kakao's crypto-powered wallet.
Klaytn, the blockchain platform which is the responsibility of spin-off firm Ground X, will now seek to raise another $90 million.
In December 2018, Kakao had first announced that it was planning to raise around $300 million through Ground X to develop its own token.
As reported in February, in the fourth quarter of 2018 Kakao's operating expenses related to new businesses, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, was 65 billion won, which reportedly led to a net loss for the whole period.
Kakao's consolidated operating income was 4.3 billion Korean won.
Kakao Affiliate Dunamu Launches Blockchain Service Platform
Publié le Mar 19, 2019
by Cointele | Publié le Coinage
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