Kyber Network announces partnership with AppCoins

Kyber Network is pleased to introduce a strategic partnership with Aptoide, one of the largest Android app stores in the world, boasting 200 million users and over 4 billion downloads to date.

Within the scope of the partnership, all KGT holders will be granted exclusive access on November 6th, 2017 to the pre-sale of AppCoin tokens — a new cryptocurrency introduced by Aptoide (see pre-sale details below).

AppCoins — the new currency of the app economy

Aptoide has noted that conventional app stores are stifling innovation in three main ways: inefficient and costly advertisement; inaccessible in-app purchases for the mass market; and a lack of transparency and trust between developers and users.

With AppCoins, users can earn tokens through engaging with app advertising and then spend this currency on in-app purchases (such as game items). Customers who lack access to traditional payment methods today, will gain a chance to buy items that were previously inaccessible. In addition, a blockchain ledger will record all developers’ reputation, increasing the reliability of apps in the marketplace.

AppCoins’ potential extends beyond the Aptoide platform, because the tokens will be made compatible for all app stores. With that in mind, an App Store Foundation will be created to coordinate the development of the protocol and reference implementation under an open governance model.

Kyber Network and AppCoins integration

The integration between Kyber Network and Aptoide’s platform will allow app developers and users to transact AppCoins using any ERC20 tokens and ETH. In other words, a user could pay in any ERC20 cryptocurrency while the developer could receive the payment in AppCoins.

The liquidity is guaranteed by establishing reserves in the network. This reserve will be initially owned and managed by Kyber Network; later, other organizations and individuals with significant token holdings will be invited to join the network, increasing the liquidity pool.

The fungibility of ERC-20 tokens, and the ability to buy and sell any service on the Ethereum protocol, stabilizes the volatility by means of liquidity. This means that more focus can be directed to the provision of services which is currently obfuscated by blind speculation.

A winning model

Through this partnership, Aptoide stands to benefit from more visibility and market penetration; Kyber Network members who do not own Appcoins will have the possibility to instantly and seamlessly execute in-app purchases as if they were holding the coin. This in turn significantly reduces marketing costs to increase the token usage and liquidity.

During the first phase of the partnership, both companies will focus on the integration of services. Kyber Network will undoubtedly benefit from the vast network which Aptoide has established. In the longer term, Kyber and AppCoins will work towards attracting more decentralized mobile application stores, providing the opportunity for both to scale.

Access to AppCoins’ exclusive pre-sale

Aptoide will launch its token pre-sale at Web Summit in Lisbon on November 6th, 2017, and it will run until November 20th, 2017.

To have exclusive access to AppCoins’ pre-sale and benefit from the 30% discount for KGT holders, please go to https://appcoins.io/presale and under ‘Web Summit & Guest Investors’ insert the following code (please use upper case):

APPCOINS_KYBER

Please make sure to the use the same wallet address that contains KGT.