23 Apr Bitcoin Startup Purse May Have a Lifeline After All
Bitcoin startup Purse.io is in talks of being acquired after announcing its intention to shut down last week, according to Purse support manager Eduardo Gomez in a private message and confirmed in a company statement.
“We are in serious talks to get acquired. Meaning that we will most likely live through this,” Gomez said.
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Furthermore, the firm has “several interested parties” including “well-known Bitcoin investors.” Gomez said he was unable to disclose any further details, however. As such, Purse’s original June 26 shutdown date is likely to be postponed, he said.
One of the investors may well be Bitcoin Cash (BCH) evangelist and Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver who posted a video on April 19 saying he has “been talking to [Purse].” Purse lists Ver as an original investor in the project.
Ver declined to comment when asked over email.
“Purse is too…