@william-walker
Web3-LINE NEXT has introduced a decentralized application platform (dapps) built into the parent messenger. This is reported by The Block.
The first batch of dapps includes the game Captain Tsubasa-RIVALS-based on the Japanese manga of the same name, the Superz fitness app, as well as social networks and other content with Web3 support and the ability to trade digital assets.
All services work on the basis of the Kaia L1 blockchain, launched by LINE NEXT together with the South Korean messenger Kakao.
By the end of 2025, the platform plans to host more than 1,000 blockchain applications.
Line is the leading messenger service in Japan, Taiwan and Thailand. As of 2024, the number of its users was estimated at 200 million. The developers hope that the new platform will accelerate the spread of Web3 in Asia.
Recall that in December 2023, LINE NEXT raised $140 million for the development of the NFT direction.