▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Marcus ▁o vers aw ▁Pay Pal ' s ▁$ 8 0 0 - mill ion ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁Bra int ree ▁( the ▁parent ▁company ▁of ▁Ven mo ). ▁▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Marcus ▁stepped ▁down ▁as ▁President ▁of ▁Pay Pal ▁to ▁join ▁Facebook ▁as ▁its ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁Mess aging ▁Product s . ▁In ▁this ▁role , ▁he ▁would ▁largely ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁over see ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Facebook ▁M essen ger ▁mobile ▁app . ▁The ▁app ▁reached ▁ 1 ▁billion ▁active ▁users ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁Marcus ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁M essen ger ' s ▁P 2 P ▁payment ▁platform ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁Marcus ▁would ▁later ▁help ▁implement ▁business ▁pay ments ▁on ▁the ▁platform . ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Marcus ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁Direct ors ▁of ▁the ▁crypt oc urrency ▁exchange , ▁Co in base . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁announ cement , ▁he ▁was ▁chosen ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁experience ▁with ▁digital ▁pay ments ▁at ▁both ▁Pay Pal ▁and ▁Facebook ▁and ▁his ▁knowledge ▁of ▁crypt oc urrency . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁considered ▁an ▁early ▁prom oter ▁of ▁crypt oc urrency . ▁▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Marcus ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁ste pping ▁down ▁from ▁his ▁current ▁role ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁experimental ▁block chain ▁group