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Kaia
The EVM L1 formed in August 2024 by merging Kakao’s Klaytn and LINE’s Finschia — a Korean and Japanese ecosystem centred on messenger mini-apps. Third-party bridges connect it to Ethereum.
Kaia is an EVM L1 formed in August 2024 by merging Kakao’s Klaytn (2019) and LINE’s Finschia. The Kaia Foundation in Abu Dhabi runs it, and blocks are produced every second.
Its main stage is mini-apps inside messengers such as LINE and KakaoTalk, so many of its users are in Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. Third-party bridges (Stargate and others) connect it to Ethereum, and gas is paid in KAIA.
Formed in August 2024 by merging Kakao’s Klaytn and LINE’s Finschia, Kaia is Asia’s flagship messenger-integrated EVM Layer 1, reaching a combined user base of over 250 million people across Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.
With 1-second block times and immediate finality, Kaia focuses on Mini Dapps that run directly inside LINE and KakaoTalk without separate wallet installations.
| Type | Independent L1 (EVM) |
|---|---|
| Technology | Kaia (Klaytn + Finschia) |
| Fees are paid in | KAIA |
| District weather follows | the market-cap-weighted change of this district’s tokens (KAIA, BORA, PYBOBO) |
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Main tokens on this chain
- 🏦 USDCUSD CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDTTetherBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 JPYCJPY CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDOOpenEden OpenDollarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 MIMATICMAIBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 IDRXIDRXBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 KDAIKlaytn DaiBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 KRWOKRWO (원화 스테이블)Banks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- ⛽ WETHWrapped EtherGas stations (native gas tokens)
- 🎪 BORABORA (게임)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 PYBOBOCapybobo (게임)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 MBXMARBLEX (게임)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 GRNDSuperWalk GRND (게임)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 GHUBGemHUB (게임)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
A selection of the 33 tokens in the site’s registry for this chain.
Related essays
- Building for Games, Creators, and Messengers: Ronin, Immutable, Abstract, Soneium, Kaia, and SKALEWhy consumer apps need zero-friction wallets, covered gas, and off-chain data throughput
- The Southeastern Harbor Islands: How EVM Sidechains and Alt-L1s Differ from L2 RollupsWhy Polygon PoS, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Sonic, Berachain, Monad, and Kaia share the EVM but run their own consensus
- Blockchains as Everyday Money: How Celo, Gnosis, Lisk, and Plasma Power Real-World PaymentsFrom mobile phone-number remittances in emerging markets to Visa debit cards and zero-fee USDT transfers
- Why Sony (Soneium), Kakao & LINE (Kaia), and Robinhood Built Public Districts in Ethereum CityHow global media, messenger, and fintech giants abandoned private intranets for the open EVM ecosystem
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