THELOGICALINDIAN - The San Franciscobased banking casework aggregation and merchant casework aggregator Square has launched a new pilot affection on the Square Cash app that allows users to buy and advertise bitcoin
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Payment Giant Square Pilots a Buy, Sell and Hold Bitcoin Feature
The aggregation created by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in 2009, Square, is a close that offers absolutely a bit of banking casework including its annals platform, its acquittal clairvoyant app and more. The company’s banking app aloof afresh surpassed Venmo on both Android and iOS devices. A while aback the aggregation accustomed merchants to acquire bitcoin through the Square belvedere and now users will anon accept addition cryptocurrency affection available. According to the tech columnist, Laura Shin, the Square Cash belvedere has enabled a buy, advertise and authority bitcoin functionality for a bound bulk of users testing the new feature.
“We’re consistently alert to our customers, and we’ve begin that they are absorbed in application the Cash App to buy bitcoin,” explains a Square representative. “We’re exploring how Square can accomplish this acquaintance faster and easier, and accept formed out this affection to a baby cardinal of Cash app customers.”
Bitcoin Fan and Square CEO Jack Dorsey: “Whatever Form of Payment Comes Across the Counter, Be It Physical or Digital, We’re Going to Enable Our Users to Accept”
Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey has consistently been a fan of cryptocurrency and afresh abundant in an account with the Verge that he owns bitcoins. Dorsey didn’t acknowledge how abounding bitcoins he held, but explained to the Verge’s advertisement host, Lauren Goode, why his close absitively to acquire bitcoin aback in 2024. Additionally, added afresh Dorsey explained that accompany and ancestors accept been allurement him about purchasing the cryptocurrency.
“I’m from St. Louis, Missouri, and I accept a lot of accompany and ancestors who are not into technology,” Dorsey capacity in his interview. “Over the holidays, one of the things I kept accepting asked by bodies I apperceive is, ‘You assignment in technology, you assignment in finance, how do I buy bitcoin?’ I asked, ‘Why do you appetite to buy bitcoin?’ And they said; ‘
With the Square abacus a affection to purchase, advertise and authority bitcoins aural their app will acceptable accord the accessible added cryptocurrency accessibility, as the platform is acclimated by millions of individuals and baby businesses about the world. The Square Cash balloon seems to be aimed at bodies like Dorsey’s accompany and ancestors who are not actual accustomed with technology, but still appetite to advance in bitcoin.
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