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ARK Invest Coinbase Share Sale Takes December Total Close to $200M
Cathie Wood's investment firm also sold GBTC stock while increasing its holdings of Block.

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Self-Custody Bitcoin Wallet Globally
Last week, Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block (SQ) unveiled its self-custody bitcoin wallet Bitkey for pre-order in more than 95 countries. Block Bitcoin Wallet Lead Max Guise joins "First Mover" to discuss the significance of the launch, along with his thoughts about online privacy and self-custody. Plus, a closer look at how bitcoin transaction among wallets could improve.

Jack Dorsey's Block Bitkey Bitcoin Wallet Comes to Market in More Than 95 Countries
The company's new self-custody wallet consists of an app, hardware device and recovery tools

What a New U.S. Consumer Watchdog Proposal Could Mean for Crypto Payments
CoinDesk Managing Editor of Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De explains what a new proposal published by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could mean for large nonbank payment providers, like PayPal or Jack Dorsey's Block. Plus, whether the proposed rule could impact bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrencies.

Block Exec on 'Challenges' Crypto Regulation Faces in the U.S.
Block Global Head of Bitcoin Policy Melissa Netram discusses some of the hurdles in establishing a regulatory framework for crypto in the U.S. "You will see a lot of pieces of legislation and regulation trying to solve the problem for today," Netram said. "The issue is that, unfortunately, technology moves so much faster than policy."

Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Wallet Bitkey Launch Likely 'Later This Year': Block Exec
Block's Global Head of Bitcoin Policy Melissa Netram joins CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 event in Washington, D.C. to discuss the future of bitcoin and regulatory clarity as the largest cryptocurrency by market cap rallies on renewed hopes of a spot bitcoin ETF approval. Plus, insights into Block's bitcoin hardware wallet BitKey and how it aims empower users to take control of their finances.

Apple May Not Like It, but ‘Zapple Pay’ Finds Workaround for Bitcoin Tipping on Damus
The new third-party payment service claims to be independent of the Damus iPhone app that Apple has tried to restrict, and lets users tip one another on any app that runs on the Nostr protocol.

Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Wallet Teams Up with Coinbase and Cash App
Jack Dorsey’s FinTech company Block (SQ) will integrate its self-custody bitcoin wallet, Bitkey, with its financial services platform Cash App and the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Public beta testing will also start soon. Lindsey Grossman, the business lead at Bitkey, Block's bitcoin wallet, discusses the partnerships, along with the future of self-custody.

Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Wallet Bitkey to Integrate With Coinbase and Cash App
Public beta testing will begin in a few weeks according to parent company Block.

Jack Dorsey-backed TBD Launches New Web5 Toolkit to Decentralize the Internet
The official announcement was made Thursday at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida.

