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The Market Reacts to Square’s $50M Bitcoin Buy
Reactions from Bitcoin Twitter and beyond as Square puts 1% of its treasury assets into bitcoin.

Reactions from Bitcoin Twitter and beyond as Square puts 1% of its treasury assets into bitcoin.
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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and Elliptic.
A special breaking edition of The Breakdown follows the market’s reaction to Square’s surprise $50 million bitcoin investment.
NLW breaks down the foundations for the investment, including:
- 2020’s alignment between the bitcoin narrative and structural economic realities
- An increase in bitcoin’s perceived resilience
- The precedent set by MicroStrategy
He also discusses the market’s reaction, from the (potential) connection to Coinbase’s “apolitical” stance from last week to the notion of Square intentionally setting a framework others can follow.
See also: Square Puts 1% of Total Assets in Bitcoin in Surprise $50M Investment
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
