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Payments Unicorn Square Gets Limited Bank Charter for Merchant Lending

Square Financial Services was given conditional approval by the FDIC Board for an Industrial Loan Company bank charter on Wednesday.

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Finance

Bitcoin Drove Half of Square's Cash App Revenue in the 4th Quarter

Square reported bitcoin revenues of $178 million between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019, with profits of $3 million, up 50 percent over the prior two quarters.

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Markets

Why Cypherpunk Witches Love Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency lets modern-day witches transact beyond the grasp of restrictive e-commerce platforms.

RITUAL OBJECTS: Censorship-resistant money lets KVLT Kreations sell its wares. (Courtesy photo)

Finance

Pantera, Square Join $14M Series A for Real-Time Payments Startup Transparent

The Seattle-based Transparent sets out to bring real-time settlement to financial infrastructure through a cryptographically secured, distributed payment network.

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Tech

Jack Dorsey's Square Wins Patent for Fiat-to-Crypto Payments Network

Square's newly awarded patent enables seamless transactions between a number of potential asset types including crypto.

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Markets

Square's Cash App Now Charging Fees for Bitcoin Purchases

Square's Cash App has started charging fees of as much as 1.76 percent on bitcoin purchases, sources have pointed out to CoinDesk.

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Tech

Square Crypto Hires Matt Corallo to Boost Bitcoin Development

Square Crypto just hired one of the world’s most prolific bitcoin developers.

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Markets

Square's Q2 Bitcoin Revenue Nearly Doubles From Previous Record

Square sold $125 million in bitcoin through its Cash App in the second quarter of 2019, a new record for the payments company.

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Markets

Square Crypto Lead: 'The Product We're Focusing on Is Bitcoin'

In a Twitter AMA on Monday, Square Crypto made it clear that its focus is on building for bitcoin, not for Cash App.

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Markets

Winklevoss Twins’ Gemini Exchange May Join Facebook’s Libra Project

The Winklevoss twins might mend fences with Mark Zuckerberg through the Libra cryptocurrency project.

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