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PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is.

I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

It is odd but then I remember many years back working for a fintech, the founder was against putting up any proper marketing materials online, we had a crappy website. Its now a multi $BN company. The website is a 'bit less' crappy.

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

#5

Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

It is an decentralized exchange / automated market maker. A comparison with Uniswap and Balancer here: https://blog.coinfabrik.com/automated-market-making-mechanis...

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

Because you're not their target market, they are going after institutional investors who need crypto wallets.

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

#7

Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

It is odd but then I remember many years back working for a fintech, the founder was against putting up any proper marketing materials online, we had a crappy website. Its now a multi $BN company. The website is a 'bit less' crappy.

Berkshire Hathaway being a classic example of this ethos.

https://berkshirehathaway.com/

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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post #5

Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

It is an decentralized exchange / automated market maker. A comparison with Uniswap and Balancer here: https://blog.coinfabrik.com/automated-market-making-mechanis...

curve!=curv, unfortunate naming.

Re: PayPal Bids $500M to Acquire Crypto Startup Curv

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post #5

Cool, never heard of it and visiting their website it is not exactly clear to me what their product is. I have never quite understood how companies just have a single landing page with no publically available product or service (as it seems) and still get bought for several hundred millions.

It is an decentralized exchange / automated market maker. A comparison with Uniswap and Balancer here: https://blog.coinfabrik.com/automated-market-making-mechanis...

paypal cosigning a dex is a really strong signal for Lps to look at this over uni/other dexs
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