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SoFi to End Crypto Services; Jack Dorsey's Latest Crypto Moves

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest crypto stories of the day, including the latest developments for Binance as founder and former CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao steps down as chairman of the global exchange's U.S. affiliate's board. SoFi tells its crypto customers it is ending crypto services next month. Plus, Jack Dorsey leads a $6M seed funding round for a decentralized bitcoin mining pool.

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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.

Screenshot of Jack Dorsey’s Zapple Pay comment on Damus. (Frederick Munawa)

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Bitcoin-Friendly App Damus Avoids Apple Deplatforming After 2-Week Battle Over 'Zaps' Tipping

Apple had threatened to eject the bitcoin-friendly social media app from its App Store by June 27 unless Damus removed the ability to receive bitcoin tips via “zaps” on content posts.

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

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Jack Dorsey Questions Apple's Tim Cook Over Bitcoin Support as Damus Deplatforming Looms

The former Twitter CEO posted a tweet asking Cook why Apple Pay doesn’t support Bitcoin, following the news that the smartphone maker was threatening to eject the Bitcoin-friendly app Damus from the App Store.

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Damus Founder Now Expects Deplatforming From Apple App Store

Apple cited violation of its in-app purchase guidelines as the primary reason for the delisting, according to Damus founder William Casarin.

Apple iPhone. (Jonas Vandermeiren/Unsplash)

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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.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)