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Never
say never!
Less
than 3 months ago we
told you about how Crypto.com
owner Matt Blaze had gotten
so tired of getting unsolicited
offers for his extraordinarily
valuable domain he declared the name
was not for sale at any price
and people should just stop trying
to change his mind. Blaze, a
professor at the University of
Pennsylvania, had also made it
clear that he was especially not
interested in seeing anyone use the
name for cryptocurrency
purposes, having once stated,
"many cryptocurrencies are scams,
and I strongly advise against their
use as investment vehicles."
What
a difference 90 days - and a
presumably gargantuan payday - can
make. TechCrunch
reported today that Monaco,
a company that plans to issue a crypto
Visa Card, had acquired
Crypto.com from Blaze for an undisclosed
price. With the purchase of
Crypto.com Monaco is also rebranding
itself as
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Former
Crypto.com Owner Matt Blaze
(Photo from Twitter)
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MCO
to match the name of the
cryptocurrency it issues. News of
the transaction triggered rampant
speculation as to what the selling
price was with the most common guess
appearing to fall in the $5-$10
million range. Others, pointing
to Blaze's reluctance to sell, think
it took more than that to get the
deal done.
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