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Markets

Square's Cash App Now Lets Customers Get Bitcoin Back on Purchases

Previously, Cash App had only allowed clients to get U.S. currency back on transactions.

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Markets

Square to Support Greener Bitcoin Mining as Part of Zero-Carbon Pledge

Square will dedicate $10 million to the development of clean bitcoin mining technologies.

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Finance

Crypto Buying App Ziglu Bags Largest Raise of 2020 on UK Crowdfunding Site Seedrs

U.K.-based bitcoin app Ziglu raised over $8 million in a crowdfunding campaign, the largest equity raise on the Seedrs platform this year.

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Finance

Bitcoin Trading Fees on PayPal, Robinhood, Cash App and Coinbase: What to Know

With bitcoin’s price hitting a new all-time high on Monday, retail investors will inevitably want to get in on the original crypto asset.

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Markets

Square Agrees to Buy Credit Karma's Tax Preparation Service for $50M

Cash App will make the DIY tax-prep software available for free to its 30 million monthly users.

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Finance

Square Reports Over $1B in Quarterly Bitcoin Revenue for First Time: Q3 Earnings

"Cash App generated $1.63 billion of bitcoin revenue and $32 million of bitcoin gross profit during the third quarter of 2020."

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Tech

Square Funds Designer to Make Crypto Wallets Usable by Anyone

Maggie Valentine was awarded a grant to help make bitcoin wallets less complicated for non-crypto users.

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Finance

Baby Steps or Handcuffs? Crypto Pros Assess PayPal’s Bitcoin Play

Fintech giant PayPal confirmed its move into crypto Wednesday. Is its no-withdrawals bitcoin service too restrictive or mainstream-friendly?

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JPMorgan Calls Square's $50M Bitcoin Investment 'Strong Vote of Confidence' for the Cryptocurrency

Other payment companies will also likely follow in Square's footsteps or risk getting shut out of a growing segment, JPMorgan wrote.

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Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Hits $11K as Square Exposes $2.3T Corporate Money Pot

Square's $50M bitcoin purchase has analysts doing back-of-the-envelope math on the possibility of rising allocations from corporate treasurers.

S&P 500 companies have a combined $2.3 trillion in cash and short-term investments, a new money pot for bitcoin marketers.