Airbnb, the company that disrupted the hospitality industry as Uber did to taxis, is sidling up to the fintech space.
The San Francisco company, which allows people to rent spare rooms in their homes to travelers, has "
ChangeCoin could not immediately be reached for comment. The small fintech company runs a well-known service among users of the digital currency bitcoin called ChangeTip, which allows users to send micropayments over social media networks like Twitter and Reddit. It has raised $5 million in venture capital since its inception in 2014.
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"We are thrilled to bring some members of the ChangeTip team on as a part of Airbnb," the spokeswoman said. "We are not acquiring the assets of the company, nor do we have any plans to incorporate bitcoin into the AirBnB ecosystem."
Airbnb's motivation for recruiting the team is unclear, but it may have to do with using blockchain technology to build
The company has been exploring other bitcoin and blockchain companies, according to the news site Quartz, which first
