Swiss blockchain startup Zulu Republic has developed program Lite.lm bot, which now allows to easily send and accept payments of the most popular cryptocurrencies for 1,6 billion WhatsApp application users. It's enough to add the program on a smartphone and then follow the instructions on display. Users can choose a language, set password and default cryptocurrency (BTC, LTC, ETH, ZTX). Also, people can earn crypto reward via a referral program.

Lite.lm already offers services to Facebook messenger, Telegram and regular SMS. Zulu Republic made itself more visible in august 2018, when it first launched Litecoin platform, which allowed its users to send and accept Litecoin payments through a simple message.

It has been possible to purchase digital tokens directly from Facebook messenger, Telegram or SMS. The news come in times, when Facebook, WhatsApp owner, is experimenting with its cryptocurrency.

Wuabit, Spanish-based startup, is also trying to help WhatsApp users to send and accept cryptocurrencies, by chatting with the artificial intelligence. Notified launch of public beta version is delayed now.