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Wyre

CryptoUSAClosed 2023

Total Raised

$28M

Peak Valuation

$1.50B

Employees

Year Collapsed

2023

Business model

Crypto payments infrastructure and on/off-ramp APIs for other companies to accept cryptocurrency.

In brief

Built widely-used infrastructure letting other fintech and crypto companies accept payments and convert between crypto and fiat currency. A high-profile acquisition by payments company Bolt at a reported $1.5B valuation in 2022 collapsed after Bolt failed to complete the promised…

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Key facts

Founded
2013
Closed
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Industry
Crypto
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed

Related failures

Often compared with: Circle, MoonPay.