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Square to Create New Bitcoin Platform for Decentralized Financial Services

Payments services firm Square will open a new business focused on creating an “open developer platform” to make it easier to provide non-custodial, decentralized financial services, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday in a series of tweets. The division’s “primary focus” would be bitcoin.

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Square to Create New Bitcoin Platform for Financial Services

CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the still to-be-named division's "primary focus" would be bitcoin.

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Square Is Building Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

“We’re doing it,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Square is building a bitcoin hardware wallet. "The Hash" hosts react to Square's move into hard wallet. Co-host William Foxley raised questions on the high saturation of the hardware market, saying, “I don’t understand why Square wouldn’t emphasize building options in Cash App. If they’re going for convenience, they have Cash App; a lot of features to add there to make it more robust.”

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Square to Build Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

“We’re doing it,” tweeted Jack Dorsey, the fintech’s CEO.

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Dorsey, Musk Hint at Bitcoin Debate

In a Twitter exchange Friday, the Twitter founder suggested having "THE talk," to which the Tesla CEO replied, "... let's do it."

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Jack Dorsey Suggests Twitter Likely to Integrate Lightning Network

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday it is "only a matter of time" before the Bitcoin Lightning Network integrates with Twitter to accommodate BTC transactions. "The Hash" panel responds to the news.

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Jack Dorsey Suggests Twitter Likely to Integrate Lightning Network

In a tweet, the Twitter founder hinted the micromessaging system will integrate Bitcoin layer 2 payments Lightning Network.

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Square to Invest $5M to Build Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility With Blockstream

The announcement comes as the environmental impact of mining for the world's largest cryptocurrency has come under intense scrutiny.

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Jack Dorsey Says Square Is Considering Developing a Hardware Bitcoin Wallet

Jack Dorsey announced via Twitter that Square is considering developing a hardware crypto wallet and is seeking input from the crypto community. "All About Bitcoin's" Week Ahead panel discusses Square's record of bitcoin innovation, and what else investors should keep a look out for in the coming week.

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