# Airbnb just acquired a team of bitcoin and blockchain experts — Quartz

<http://qz.com/657246/airbnb-just-acquired-a-team-of-bitcoin-and-blockchain-experts/>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Home-rental company Airbnb has “acqui-hired” the majority of the team behind ChangeCoin, a startup that runs a bitcoin-based micropayments service, according to four people with knowledge of the deal.

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