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Plus, a Web3 fan engagement platform found backing from Warner Music Group and Winklevoss Capital
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Cash App’s $44 million of bitcoin gross profit during the three months down slightly from prior quarter, but up 7% year over year
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The funding will accelerate Azteco’s market activation and product refinement, amplifying its impact in Latin America and Europe
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Block plans to create custom silicon for bitcoin mining hardware to bring decentralization to the industry
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Jack Dorsey’s vision for decentralized internet will be built solely on the Bitcoin blockchain
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Block’s earnings last quarter were healthy overall, but its bitcoin revenue fell significantly since this time last year
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Australian Securities Exchange boss Dominic Stevens said more crypto businesses such as Jack Dorsey’s Block could list on the exchange in the future
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Through COPA, Meta pledged to not enforce its core cryptocurrency patents against any individual or company, except for “defensive reasons”
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Lightning Network is a decentralized protocol that uses smart contracts on top of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
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The endowment’s mission is to “make bitcoin the internet’s currency,” 22-year-old Board Member Abubakar Nur Khalil told Blockworks
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Large groups of people rarely get riled up about ideas that turn out to be nothing burgers
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Twitter founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin maximalism was on display in reply to a question from Cardi B, while sharing that he’s bearish on Web3
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“I’ve decided to leave Twitter because I believe the company is ready to move on from its founders,” Dorsey said in a statement.
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The new unit, Twitter Crypto, will explore how the company can support the growing interest among creators to use decentralized apps.
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The company’s bitcoin revenue was an 11% increase year-over-year. Bitcoin gross profit was $42 million, approximately 2% of bitcoin revenue.
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Dorsey says that mining needs to be distributed and is in the hands of too few people.
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Twitter users with IOS devices will now be able to send and receive tips in bitcoin via the Lightning network, the company said.
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“We believe Bitcoin will be the native currency of the internet. While there are many projects to help make the internet more decentralized, our focus is solely on a sound global monetary system for all,” Mike Brock, the TBD lead at Square said.
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Investing aggressively in decentralizing social media more will be ‘hugely important,’ CEO says.
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“There appears to be a positive trend in energy for bitcoin,” Elon Musk said during the “Bitcoin as a Tool for Economic Empowerment” session at The B-Word conference.
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The decision was announced in a tweet by Jesse Dorogusker, the hardware lead and TIDAL lead at Square.
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