Coinbase’s acquisition of Opyn is a talent-only deal that excludes the company’s protocol offerings and crypto assets, focusing solely on onboarding key team members

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The strategic talent acquisition, which includes bringing on CEO Andrew Leone and head of research Joe Clark, reportedly will not incorporate Opyn’s protocol offerings.

This time, the publicly-traded company made an acqui-hire, meaning that they’re specifically acquiring Opyn CEO Andrew Leone and its Head of Research, Joe Clark.