Square


Finance

Bitcoin Startup Lolli Looks to Global Expansion With Hotels.com Partnership

The bitcoin rewards app Lolli is going global in 2019, starting with the travel industry.

airplane, luggage

Tech

Lightning Labs Mobile App Gets 2,000 Downloads in 24 Hours

The new mainstream-friendly mobile wallet from Lightning Labs saw 2,000 downloads on Day 1. Next up for the company: merchant services.

Elizabeth Stark onstage at Consensus 2018.

Markets

Jack Dorsey Hints at How Square Crypto May Support Bitcoin's Code

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed more details about the role Square Crypto might play in boosting bitcoin development.

Jack Dorsey image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Square Hires Ex-Google Director as First Member of New Crypto Team

Square has hired former Google director and Bitcoin Optech contributor Steve Lee as the first member of its new crypto team.

Dorsey

Markets

Square's Bitcoin Revenue Jumped to $65.5 Million in Q1, Its Highest Ever

A quarterly earnings report from Square shows the payments firm seeing strong growth in bitcoin sales.

Jack Dorsey image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Square Is Hiring New Crypto Engineers — And It Wants to Pay Them in Bitcoin

Payments startup Square wants to bring on crypto-focused engineers and designers, and may pay them in bitcoin.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (U.S. House of Representatives)

Markets

Square Brought in Over $166 Million Through Bitcoin Sales Last Year

Mobile payments firm Square has reported its revenue and profits from bitcoin sales in 2018.

bitcoin, dollars

Markets

Payments Startup Square Is Open-Sourcing Its Bitcoin Storage Solution

Mobile payments startup Square has open-sourced the code and tools for its "Subzero" bitcoin cold storage system.

Dorsey

Markets

Square Sees Profits From Bitcoin Sales Double in Q2

Mobile payments firm Square says it made $37 million in total from bitcoin purchases in Q2, with profits being twice that of the previous quarter. 

bitcoin dollar

Markets

Bitcoin's Biggest Startups Are Backing a New Effort to Keep Fees Low

A project called Bitcoin Optech is launching to ensure companies like Coinbase and Square know the best technologies out there to reduce user fees.

bitcoin, fees, calculator