On September 25, OpenBazaar introduced that their platform would possible shut down as a consequence of monetary difficulties, stating that consumer progress and adoption had stalled.

In accordance with a tweet published on Open Bazaar’s official Twitter account, a mysterious donor has since agreed to cowl the price of {the marketplace}’s operations via the tip of the 12 months.

Whereas the precise quantity of funding offered was not disclosed, OpenBazaar’s donation wallets have acquired over $13,000 as of publication. These funds got here within the type of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and different crypto donations.

With its first beta launched in 2014, OpenBazaar raised US$1 million in seed funding in lower than a 12 months with the assistance of Andreesen Horowitz, Union Sq. Ventures, and angel investor William Mougayar.