Block CEO Jack Dorsey and hip-hop mogul Jay-Z are working up to bring Bitcoin and financial education to the rapper’s childhood home. On Thursday, Dorsey announced the start of Bitcoin Academy. Residents of the Marcy Houses, a public housing project in Brooklyn, will receive free financial education. From June to September, the program will be […]
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon sees huge potential in Web3 but others beg to differ
Andreessen Horowitz’s General Partner Chris Dixon has a lot of positive things to say on web3 as he sees billions of dollars at stake in what is touted as the blockchain-based “future of the internet.” According to the exec, the first version of the internet is ‘read-only,’ and the second version allowed us to upload our […]
Block CEO Jack Dorsey doubling down on Bitcoin at the MicroStrategy conference
Block CEO and former Twitter head, Jack Dorsey in his first public appearance after stepping down from Twitter to focus on running payments company Block [formerly Square], reaffirmed his belief in the virtues of Bitcoin and how society can benefit from the adoption of bitcoin. Dorsey in an interview with fellow bitcoin advocate MicroStrategy CEO […]
Jack Dorsey outlines his ambition to build Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has laid out plans to create a legal defense fund exclusively for Bitcoin developers who face litigations from multiple fronts. The announcement was sent in a mail addressing Bitcoin developers, at around 13:45 UTC on January 12 from an email account that seems to belong to Dorsey. The mail which was co-signed […]
Elon Musk weighs in on Jack Dorsey’s debate; Explains why he’s “Pro DOGE”
Elon Musk has been a close spectator of the crypto-verse. From his consistent endorsements of the prominent meme cryptocurrency, Dogecoin [DOGE], to his love-hate relationship with Bitcoin [BTC], Musk has managed to stay relevant in the crypto industry. More recently, Elon Musk decided to weigh in on a heated Twitter debate that involved Jack Dorsey, […]
Bitcoin [BTC] mining system is coming to Jack Dorsey’s Square
Jack Dorsey, the founder of Square, has announced reviewing plans to build a decentralized Bitcoin [BTC] mining system based on custom-designed silicon intending to make it more accessible to both retailers and large institutions on a global scale. In his latest tweet, the CEO of the social media giant, Twitter pointed out the current BTC […]
TBD Bitcoin DEX: Jack Dorsey talks about the new division
Twitter chief Jack Dorsey’s love for Bitcoin isn’t a new story. Time and again, the tattooed entrepreneur has made the world’s largest cryptocurrency his topmost priority and is doing everything to make Bitcoin the global currency of the internet. Dorsey had first mentioned Square’s brainchild “TBD,” BTC-centric DEX. While sharing a Twitter thread written by […]
Jack Dorsey’s Square to buy Afterpay for $39B in Australia’s largest-ever buyout
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s digital financial platform Square has announced its plans to acquire ASX-listed buy now pay later behemoth Afterpay in an all-stock deal. At $29 billion, the transaction for the entire deal is said to be Australia’s biggest-ever buyout. The founders of Afterpay, Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen will continue to hold the […]
Bitcoin [BTC] hits two milestones as price inches closer to $40K
Bitcoin [BTC] broke the incessant rangebound price action to spike close to $40,000. Prior to the remarkable recovery, the asset appeared to be in danger of further declines after it fell below $30,000 just a couple of days ago. The latest price action reversed the losses as it posted weekly gains of 20.81%. The market […]
Jack Dorsey to elevate Square’s crypto presence with the launch of Bitcoin DeFi services
The CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, has always made sure to stay relevant in the crypto-verse. With Square, Dorsey hopes to bolster his presence in the crypto market with his imminent launch of Bitcoin DeFi services. Decentralized Finance, aka DeFi, has made a notable impression in the financial world. With its lending and […]