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Some Square Users Can Now Convert Their Dollars to Bitcoin Via Cash App
24.4.2024
Bitcoin Conversions will charge a flat 1% fee to automatically convert a portion of merchant revenues into BTC
Payments Company Square Rebrands to ‘Block Inc.,’ Crypto Service Will Be Called ‘Spiral’
2.12.2021
Following Jack Dorsey’s resignation announcement on Monday, two days later Dorsey’s payments company, Square Inc., disclosed that it was rebranding and changing its name to Block Inc. The company said the name Block has “many associated meanings” including the term...
Payments Firm Square May Build a Hardware Wallet, Dorsey Heckled at Bitcoin Conference Over Censorship
4.6.2021
The cofounder of Twitter and the CEO of the payments firm Square, Jack Dorsey, has revealed his firm is contemplating creating a bitcoin hardware wallet in collaboration with the community. Dorsey revealed this in a tweetstorm and said he wanted to share some “guiding principles”...
BitMEX and Human Rights Foundation provide $150K grant to Bitcoin scaling researcher
1.6.2021
BitMEX has collaborated with a non-profit Human Rights Foundation to provide a $150,000 grant to Korean-based Bitcoin scaling researcher, Calvin Kim
Square Adds $170 Million More in Bitcoin to Balance Sheet — Company Now Holds 5% of Total Cash Reserves in BTC
24.2.2021
Square has bought more bitcoin, adding $170 million worth of the cryptocurrency to its balance sheet. The company now holds 5% of its cash reserves in bitcoin. Its Cash App was used by more than three million customers to purchase or sell the cryptocurrency last year. $170 Million Bitcoin Purchase...
Square Crypto Funds Bitcoin Developer to Improve Mining Pool Software
8.1.2021
Square Crypto’s latest grant will fund a developer’s work on software that could improve how mining collectives pool hash power
Square Crypto’s 20th Grant Will Support Bitcoin Design, User Experience
14.12.2020
Square Crypto is issuing another Bitcoin developer grant for research on Bitcoin design and user experience
Square Funds Designer to Make Crypto Wallets Usable by Anyone
1.11.2020
Maggie Valentine was awarded the grant to help make bitcoin wallets usable by anyone
Square Crypto, Human Rights Foundation Ramp Up Bitcoin Development Grants
5.8.2020
Square Crypto and the Human Rights Foundation are continuing their support for an open source Bitcoin developer community with new contributor grants
Why High-Profile Defections Aren’t Libra’s Biggest Challenge
22.1.2020
Libra has lost another Association member, but according to @nlw that’s likely low on their worries list, plus Square’s LN efforts & TON’s SEC support
Square Crypto Is Creating a ‘Lightning Development Kit’ for Bitcoin Wallets
21.1.2020
Square Crypto is hoping to galvanize Lightning development with a new tool kit, currently under construction
Crypto Employment Abounds With More Than 8,000 Jobs in 2020
18.1.2020
During the last year, the cryptoconomy has picked up pace after a drawn out crypto winter. When market prices were low and startups were short on capital, a bunch of firms laid off employees in 2018. A year later, and digital currency companies are hiring. Also read: Regulatory Roundup: EU-Wide...
Square Crypto Bankrolls Star Lightning Developer Known as ‘ZmnSCPxj’
11.12.2019
Keeping in the cypherpunk spirit, Square Crypto has issued a grant to pseudonymous developer ZmnSCPxj for Lightning and bitcoin research
Square Crypto Hires Lightning, Libra Developers for ‘Bitcoin Dream Team’
19.9.2019
The Square Crypto team announced Thursday three more developer hires
Jack Dorsey: Mass Crypto Adoption Will Transform Square’s Business
4.9.2019
As crypto becomes more widely used, Square will transition to providing a broader range of “internet services” rather than just fintech, Jack Dorsey predicted
Square Crypto Hires Matt Corallo to Boost Bitcoin Development
20.8.2019
Square Crypto just hired one of the world’s most prolific bitcoin developers
Square Crypto Lead: ‘The Product We’re Focusing on Is Bitcoin’
29.7.2019
In a Twitter AMA on Monday, Square Crypto made it clear that its focus is on building for bitcoin, not for Cash App