Main topic: Kima's mission to simplify cross-network financial interaction and make crypto, particularly Bitcoin, as easy to use as PayPal or Bit.
Key points:
1. Kima addresses the challenges of fragmentation and security in the crypto ecosystem through its asset-agnostic payment and settlement protocol.
2. The start-up's financial primitive connects crypto and fiat without relying on smart contracts, creating a secure and transparent distributed ledger.
3. Kima's goal is to enable crypto to function as seamlessly as traditional banking systems, allowing for new levels of functionality and usage without intermediaries.
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