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Square launches cryptocurrency patent alliance to fight the trolls

Square, the U.S.-based financial services company headed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, is establishing a consortium to fight patent trolling and ensure open access to technology in the crypto sector.The ‘Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance’ (COPA) seeks to democratize access to innovative technologies in the crypto sector, asserting that “open access to

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Square Rallies As Stock Mania Stresses Rival Robinhood with Outages

Robinhood suffers an outage as Bloomberg reveals an SEC probe of previous outages in March. On this major trading day, several other brokerage platforms went down. But Square Payments’ CashApp emerged unscathed, giving its stock a boost. Monday was brutal for stock brokerage app Robinhood. The same day the Bloomberg reported an SEC

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Polychain Capital, Square Crypto’s Steve Lee Invest in Bitcoin Broker’s $5.7M Seed Round

A slew of investors is backing bitcoin brokerage River Financial to the tune of $5.7 million. Announced Wednesday, the San Francisco-based startup has closed a seed round joined by Polychain Capital, Slow Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, DG Lab Fund, Cygni, Pfeffer Capital and IDEO CoLab Ventures, according to a release from

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Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Bitcoin-Holding Senate Candidate

[sociallocker id="55298"] The crypto mining pool Poolin has started working with crypto lender BlockFi to expand its lending and financial services business. Meanwhile, Square Crypto has awarded a grant to a Bitcoin Lightning Network watchtower and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going after the Venezuelan petro dollar’s architect. Here’s

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Square Enables Deposit of COVID-19 Stimulus Payment via Bitcoin-Friendly Cash App

Square, a mobile payments platform, recently announced the addition of a new feature that would enable users to deposit their COVID-19 stimulus payment to its bitcoin-friendly Cash App. Square’s Cash App Now Allows COVID-19 Stimulus Package Deposits According to a blog post, Square’s Cash App announced that users eligible for the

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