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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.

Ethereum Briefly Stopped Finalizing Transactions. What Happened?
The loss in finality meant that blocks could have been tampered with, and while it isn’t supposed to affect end-user experiences, it did lead to some inconveniences for some applications.

Ethereum Resumes Finalizing Blocks after Second Performance Hiccup in 24 Hours
When blocks are not being finalized, it is possible that pending transactions might be re-ordered or dropped from the network. Developers haven't determined the source of the hold-ups, but they are urging for calm amidst the concern and uncertainty.

Ethereum Mainnet Was Unable to Fully Finalize Transactions for 25 Minutes
Developers resolved the finalization issues and are investigating what caused the outage.

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..

Jack Dorsey's Block Snaps Up Bitcoin Mining Chip as Intel Winds Down Production
The payments company could start selling bitcoin mining hardware as early as next year.
