Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey

Технології

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.

Bitkey self-custody bitcoin hardware wallet (Block)

Технології

Jack Dorsey-backed Nostr Creator Collaborates With Zebedee on New Social Media Layer

Zebedee users will be able to join a waitlist for alpha access to an updated version of the app, which will feature integration with decentralized social media protocol Nostr (an acronym for “notes and other stuff transmitted by relays”).

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk)

Технології

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.

The TBD announcement was made at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami. (Frederick Munawa)

Фінанси

Block’s Q1 Bitcoin Revenue Rises 18% From Q4, Gains 25% From a Year Ago

The company booked $50 million in bitcoin gross profit in the first quarter..

Block's Cash App (Shutterstock)

Відео

FTT Token Surges as FTX Lawyer Says Exchange Could Reopen; Block’s TBD Partners With Yellow Card

FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed spectacularly in November, is considering reopening at some point in the future as it navigates bankruptcy, its attorneys from Sullivan & Cromwell said in a court hearing on Wednesday. Separately, TBD, the bitcoin-focused subsidiary of Jack Dorsey’s Block (SQ), is teaming up with crypto exchange Yellow Card to enable cross-border payments in 16 countries across Africa.

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Думки

What Hindenburg Research’s Takedown of Block Says About Money and Crime

Expecting centralized money services to halt crime only helps politicize money and disempower users.

A new research report alleges widespread illicit misuse of the Cash App payments platform. The bigger risk may be centralized, politicized payments services themselves. (Shutterstock)

Відео

Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report

Shares of Jack Dorsey's fintech payments company Block (SQ) are sinking after being the subject of the latest attack from notable short-seller Hindenburg Research. The company accuses Block of "wildly" overstating user counts while understating customer acquisition costs. "The Hash" panel discusses the report and the alleged revelations about Block's business operations.

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Відео

Jack Dorsey's Block Launches Service Provider to Make Lightning More Reliable

TBD, a division of Jack Dorsey's financial-technology company Block, has launched a new business entity named “c=” that focuses on improving liquidity and routing on the Lightning Network. CoinDesk Editor at Large Christie Harkin breaks down its significance to Bitcoin’s layer 2 scaling system.

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Фінанси

Block’s Q4 Bitcoin Revenue Fell 7% Year Over Year to $1.83B

For the full year, Block’s bitcoin revenue declined 29% from 2021 due to the fall in the price of bitcoin, the company said.

Block's Cash App (Shutterstock)

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Jack Dorsey-Based Social Network Nostr's Damus App Banned From China App Store

A notification from Apple says Damus “includes content that is illegal in China.”

Nostr's Damus, on Apple's App Store (Apple)