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Coinbase acquires Blockr.io (coinbase.com)
30 points by murtali on Aug 18, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



Coinbase needs acquisitions. Right now, it's a cash cow charging 1% fees on each buy and sell, but with Circle coming up with their 0% fees, that would change. There's no customer loyalty here, just the cheapest option. If they want to remain competitive in the next 3-5 years, they will need more products and services. Their present revenues are great, but I am not sure that's sustainable based solely on the current business model.


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Where does it say how much the acquisition cost?


I have no idea what you are trying to say here.


Uhmm... what?


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Please stop.


Acquires? It's more like hiring the two guys and buying the source code.




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