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Videos

Consensus 2023: Making Decentralized Identities a Reality

Block's head of decentralized identity Daniel Buchner joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the company's efforts towards developing blockchain technology to verify identities online. Plus, Buchner shares his insights on mainstream adoption efforts.

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Videos

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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Opinion

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)

Markets

ARK Uses 'Wells Dip' to Stock Up Again on Coinbase Shares, Two Days After Selling

Coinbase shares tumbled 16% Thursday after the company disclosed late Wednesday it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest (Marco Bello/Getty Images)

Videos

Do Kwon Developments; Jack Dorsey’s Block Tumbles Following Hindenburg’s Report

A tweet from Montenegro's minister of interior, Filip Adzic, indicates that Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon appears to have been arrested in the country. Separately, Block (SQ) shares are tumbling after notable short-seller, Hindenburg Research accuses the company of "wildly" overstating user counts while understating customer acquisition costs.

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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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Finance

Jack Dorsey's Block Tumbles 17% After Short-Seller Hindenburg's Report

The company accuses Block of "wildly" overstating user counts while understating customer acquisition costs.

Jack Dorsey speaks at Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk)

Videos

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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Tech

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

The new entity dubbed “c=” aims to improve liquidity and routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The name references the speed of light in Einstein's famous equation E=MC2.

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Finance

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.

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