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Square Flies the Flag for the Lightning Network With 9.7% Yield on Bitcoin Holdings
29.5.2025
Block's Miles Suter said that the firm is earning "real BTC returns from our corporate holdings...by efficiently routing real payments across Lightning"
Jack Dorsey’s Block to Roll out Bitcoin Lightning Payments on Square
28.5.2025
Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ) announced that it will launch bitcoin payments on its Square platform. By utilizing the Lightning Network, Square’s Point of Sale app will enable merchants to accept bitcoin payments directly through their hardware, facilitating near-instantaneous and low-cost...
Jack Dorsey’s Block to bring Bitcoin payments to Square by 2026
28.5.2025
Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block, Inc. will launch Bitcoin payments on Square, its payments processing arm, with a rollout to begin later this year before a full launch in 2026.The company announced the plan at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 27, where Block...
Jack Dorsey’s Block to bring Bitcoin payments to Square by 2026
28.5.2025
Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block, Inc. will launch Bitcoin payments on Square, its payments processing arm, with a rollout to begin later this year before a full launch in 2026.The company announced the plan at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 27, where Block...
Jack Dorsey’s Block to bring Bitcoin payments to Square by 2026
28.5.2025
Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block, Inc. will launch Bitcoin payments on Square, its payments processing arm, with a rollout to begin later this year before a full launch in 2026.The company announced the plan at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on May 27, where Block...
Square Pilots Real-Time Bitcoin Payments in Vegas, Plans Full Availability To Customers in 2026
27.5.2025
The feature would still need regulatory approval in order to be made available to all customers
Stacks Resumes Block Production Amid Warnings of ‘Occasional Degradation’
25.5.2025
Bitcoin Layer 2 blockchain solution Stacks announced on May 24 the resumption of block production after resolving issues related to “misbehavior stemming from the stacks-node’s mempool syncing logic.” Stacks Warns of ‘Occasional Degradation’ in Block Production On...
Australian Regulator Appeals Ruling on Block Earner Crypto Offering
22.5.2025
An Australian regulator announced plans to seek special leave from the High Court to appeal a recent ruling that determined cryptocurrency firm Block Earner’s offering was not a financial product. ASIC Seeks Definitive Ruling on What Constitutes a Financial Product The Australian Securities...
Australian regulator asks High Court to allow appeal in Block Earner case
22.5.2025
Australia’s financial regulator will seek the High Court’s permission to appeal a lower court’s ruling favoring fintech firm Block Earner, which found the company’s crypto-linked fixed-yield earning service is not a financial product.The Australian Securities and Investment...
ASIC Seeks High Court Review in Block Earner Crypto Yield Case
21.5.2025
Australia’s corporate regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has officially requested special leave from the High…
Australian Securities Regulator Wants to Appeal High Court's Decision on Block Earner
21.5.2025
The High Court in March 2024 dismissed ASIC's allegations that Block Earner had engaged in unlicensed financial services by offering its DeFi product Access
Canadian Bitcoin Miner POW.RE to Acquire Swiss Firm Block Green
19.5.2025
Canadian bitcoin mining firm POW.RE Holdings Limited announced plans to acquire Swiss bitcoin liquidity protocol Block Green AG in a deal combining equity, bitcoin, and cash. POW.RE and Block Green Merge to Combine Mining and Financial Services The acquisition, pending a definitive agreement within...
Bitcoin’s 1-MB OP_RETURN Block Breaks Records as Blockchain Becomes a Message Board
17.5.2025
In recent weeks, a proposal aiming to eliminate Bitcoin’s 80-byte limitation on script opcodes has stirred spirited debate, culminating in what some are calling the OP_RETURN War of 2025. On Thursday, block 896,696 featured an unusually large non-standard OP_RETURN—so expansive it occupied...
Cointelegraph and TheBlock announce strategic media partnership to strengthen global Web3 and virtual asset collaboration
13.5.2025
Dubai, UAE – May 2025 — TheBlock, the International Chamber of Virtual Assets, has announced a strategic partnership with Cointelegraph, the world’s leading Web3 media platform. The collaboration brings together two major players in the blockchain and virtual asset space, with...
Cointelegraph and TheBlock. announce strategic media partnership to strengthen global Web3 and virtual asset collaboration
13.5.2025
Dubai, UAE – May 2025 — TheBlock., the International Chamber of Virtual Assets, has announced a strategic partnership with Cointelegraph, the world’s leading Web3 media platform. The collaboration brings together two major players in the blockchain and virtual asset space, with...
Solana Block Traders See SOL Extending Gains, Surpassing $200 by End-June
12.5.2025
Block traders piled into the $200 call option expiring on June 27
Trump's Crypto Play Fuels Senators' Backlash and Bill to Ban President Memecoins
6.5.2025
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy pushed a bill to block presidential coins while Elizabeth Warren described how to get Dems to move forward on stablecoins
Leading House Dem Will Block Crypto Market Structure Bill Hearing
5.5.2025
Rep. Maxine Waters said she is concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump's increasing crypto ties
Indian high court orders steps to block Proton Mail
29.4.2025
A court in India has ordered the encrypted email service Proton Mail blocked in the country for refusing to share information with authorities.In an April 29 hearing of the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered the government to “block forthwith” domain names...
Indian high court orders steps to block Proton Mail
29.4.2025
A court in India has ordered the encrypted email service Proton Mail blocked in the country for refusing to share information with authorities.In an April 29 hearing of the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered the government to “block forthwith” domain names...