Bitcoin Purse Business Could Finally Survive

While Purse.io announced its final closure last week, the startup has since received several acquisition proposals.

Purse, a young company specializing in payments in Bitcoinsaid he received "incredible support from the community," forcing him to reconsider his decision to close shop.

Several parties – including well-known defenders of Bitcoin, high volume users and established cryptocurrency companies – have shown interest in the acquisition of Purse, ”She wrote on her blog.

According to Coindesk, one of the potential buyers could be the defender of Bitcoin Cash and CEO of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver, who has already invested in the project and recently tweeted that Purse was "too important for the ecosystem to disappear".

Founded in 2014 in San Francisco, Purse offered discounts of up to 5% on Amazon by connecting gift card holders and bitcoiners. Users could acquire cards (at a discount) for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Eduardo Gómez, support manager Purse, had clarified that the closure of the business was not no cases related to the recent Amazon decision reduce commissions from its affiliate program.

Registrations are now closed but Purse continues to honor orders and withdrawals in progress, until June 26.