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Square, Inc. is an American financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company based in San Francisco, California. The company markets software and hardware payments products and has expanded into small business services. The company was founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey and launched its first app and service in 2010. It has been traded as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange since November 2015 with the ticker symbol SQ.

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey: ‘Bitcoin Absolutely Changes Everything’

June 5, 2021

On Friday (June 4), Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, made several interesting comments about Bitcoin and his commitment to it at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, which is being held in Miami (4-5 June)...

Square Buys Another $170 Million of Bitcoin, CFO Says $BTC Could Become ‘Native Currency of the Internet’

February 24, 2021

On Tuesday (February 23), FinTech firm Square (NYSE: SQ) disclosed that it had invested another $170 million in Bitcoin. Square was founded in February 2009, i.e. it is 11 years old, just like Bitcoin (BTC)....

Coinbase Becomes Square’s Crypto Patent Group Founding Member

December 5, 2020

Coinbase becomes Square's crypto patent group founding member. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, also known as COPA, led by finance company Square, has recently adopted Coinbase as its main player. In ...

World’s Top 10 Crypto Companies Hold 830,433 Bitcoin

November 30, 2020

According to the data compiled by a financial comparison platform Bankr.nl, the top 10 companies hold 830,433 bitcoin, currently worth approximately $15 billion. Grayscale is at the top with 509,581 BTC. The...

Bloomberg’s McGlone Thinks Bitcoin Could Hit $170K Over The Next Two Years

November 20, 2020

Bitcoin (BTC) has risen to rarely seen price highs, currently stalling between $17,000 and $18,500 before deciding on its next move. Gold recently broke all-time U.S.-dollar price highs, surpassing $2,000 per...

Square Crypto to Fund Designer with Mission to Improve BTC Wallet Usability

November 2, 2020

Square Crypto, the digital currency arm of the payments company headed by Bitcoin bull, Jack Dorsey, has announced the award of a grant to Maggie Valentine, a designer who is attempting to make Bitcoin wallet...

Corporations Purchase Bitcoin As Treasury Reserve

October 18, 2020

Corporations purchase Bitcoin as treasury reserve. Mobile payments giant Square, which boasts a market cap of $86.6 billion, announced on Oct 8 that it had invested $50 million in Bitcoin (BTC). Five days la...

Square Makes Massive Bet on Bitcoin, Buys 4K BTC Worth $50 Million

October 8, 2020

Square Inc., a payments company founded and run by Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has made a significant purchase of a little over 4,700 bitcoins worth nearly $50 million. Having met financial obligations to share...

Square’s Bitcoin Revenue Tops Fiat Figures for Q1 2020

May 7, 2020

Square, a US-based mobile payments startup, announced its first quarterly figures on Wednesday and, interestingly, revenue from its Bitcoin-based services topped its mainstream financial services. The total ...

Square’s 2019 Bitcoin Sales Touch $516 Million

February 27, 2020

Mobile payments startup Square on Wednesday reported that its CashApp generated over $178 million in revenue from the purchase of Bitcoin in the fourth quarter of 2019, making a profit of $3 million. This is...