Purse.io Sees Record New Users and $24,000 in Purchases on Amazon Prime Day
It wasn't just regular consumers who were able to benefit from the much-anticipated Amazon Prime Day. Purse.io, the escrow service that connects users with bitcoin to users with Amazon gift cards, saw a significant amount of growth leading up to the big day. "We had the highest number of new users in a single week," Andrew Lee, CEO of Purse, said in an....
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