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Billionaire Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey plans to allocate more capital to the Bitcoin ecosystem after pledging $5 million to the network’s core developers through his grantmaking organization Start Small. The firm will distribute the funds to the Bitcoin development non-profit, Brink, over the next five years in $1 million annual installments.  According to its website, Brink exists to “support the Bitcoin developer community through funding, education, and mentoring.” ...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Former Twitter head and current chief executive of Block Jack Dorsey has pledged a $10 million donation to a non-profit called Open Sats. The money is slated to be fully, 100 percent put towards a bitcoin-focused social media network. Jack Dorsey Gives a Lot of Money to Open Sats Dorsey has long been a bitcoin...

While announcing Coinbase and Cash App as the new partners, Bitkey referred to some information it passed in March. Bitkey, a self-custody Bitcoin wallet app by Jack Dorsey’s Block, is partnering with Cash App and crypto exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN). The Bitcoin wallet application announced its first two global partners on June 15, noting that it aims to make self-custody more accessible. In addition to enabling customers to purchase, the alliance assures control over private keys....

Apple has issued a warning to the decentralized social networking company, Damus with expulsion from the App Store if it does not remove a feature that enables Bitcoin payments. Damus, which is based on top of a decentralized social media protocol Nostr, was developed as a Twitter alternative and is backed by Jack Dorsey. Since its debut in February this year, the app has faced significant difficulties when trying to get listed in Apple’s global App Store due to its...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Jack Dorsey is creating what he’s calling the “Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund” that will, according to a recent statement, ensure the open-source nature of all bitcoin’s code. Jack Dorsey to the Rescue! The idea behind bitcoin is that it should help those who cannot gain access to standard financial products and...

In the heat of SEC’s enforcement actions against Binance and Coinbase, a simple “Yes” by Jack Dorsey on Twitter elicited a flurry of comments. It all started when a Twitter user asked Dorsey if he thinks Ether is a security, to which he answered in the affirmative. Jack Dorsey’s Ether Rant A known Bitcoin supporter, Dorsey has pointed out dissatisfaction with Ether in the past as well. In the latest episode, the former Twitter CEO tweeted a screenshot of a 2015 post by...

There are ongoing efforts to classify Ethereum. As of now, a final decision is yet to be reached regarding whether it should be considered a security or not. Considering the arguments, predicting the final outcome is challenging. With the recent noise about cryptocurrency regulation and events such as crypto exchanges being sued for offering unregistered securities, there have been varying views from experts and high-profile individuals about the state of some specific cryptocurrencies....

The banking sector of Africa is worth $86 million at the time of writing, and bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are expected to disrupt the industry like no other technologies can. Africa Could Be Completely Changed Thanks to Bitcoin Mike Brock – CEO of TBD at Block, a financial company run by Jack Dorsey – says one of the big ways that bitcoin can help Africa is that it can be used to ultimately move money around regardless of the present state of the economy. He...

Bluesky allows users to use domain names as handles to help achieve decentralized verification and give users more control over their identity. Bluesky, a social media platform created by former Twitter Inc boss Jack Dorsey, has gained significant traction even before its official launch. The official Bluesky Twitter account has more than 252k followers without a solid protocol to showcase to the users. Nevertheless, the Bluesky application has been downloaded more than 245k times by...

The Bluesky social media platform is hiring for software developers positions including React Native expert among others and supports full-time remote capabilities. Bluesky, a social internet marketplace backed by former Twitter Inc boss Jack Dorsey, is now available on Android gadgets. The startup has provided a waitlist for users to join or access the beta version of the decentralized social marketplace via invite. Having begun as a Twitter Inc. project before a spin-off in 2021, Bluesky...