Waterloo-based Kik shuts down signature app, lays off staff amid cryptocurrency legal battle

Financial Post | James McLeod | Sep 24, 2019 'While we are ready to take on the SEC in court, we underestimated the tactics they would employ,' CEO Ted Livingston said Monday, vowing the fight will continue Waterloo-based Kik Interactive Inc. is shutting down its signature chat app and laying off most of its staff