Messenger app Kik is betting on its own cryptocurrency to upend the online business model

[ad_1] Kik Interactive Inc.’s messaging app for BlackBerrys was a runaway hit when it launched in October 2010, though it mostly did what every other messaging app does: send messages. Since then, though, the Waterloo, Ont.-based company has made a name for itself as an innovator in a commodified industry. It was the first messaging…