Square's BTC revenues increased despite bear market
Even though it’s not the core part of their business, Square’s Cash app is growing in popularity as a fiat to Bitcoin BTC, -0.03% gateway for U.S. residents. Since August 2018, the service has been available to U.S. customers from all 50 states including New York, where the company secured the state’s BitLicense in June last year.
In a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the $32.8 billion market cap company revealed it generated $166.5 million in revenues from Bitcoin sales through the Cash app, although net profit from this aspect of their business was a very modest $1.7 million.
The company’s Bitcoin revenues increased from around $71 million in the first half of 2019 to $95 million in the second half despite the period seeing the cryptocurrency bear market increasing in intensity.
Jack Dorsey has become more vocal about Bitcoin
Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who is also the co-founder and CEO of social media platform Twitter, has recently become more vocal about his support of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network technology in particular. He holds that the internet will eventually have a native currency, and believes Bitcoin is a strong contender for the role.
Dorsey also participated in the Lightning Network Trust Chain experiment, which has now been passed around 233 times. Currently, the “torch” is in the hands of venture capitalist and ex-PayPal COO Reid Hoffman, who received it from Blockstream CEO Adam Back. At the moment, the payment is worth 3,690,000 satoshis, which translates to around $142.
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