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Twitter, the favorite social network among cryptocurrency lovers, has just announced that it will let its users to send Bitcoin to any account with a BTC wallet. Enabling Bitcoin tips is part of an even larger initiative. The company is expanding its support for payment processors of all kinds, including Patreon, Cash App, Venmo, Razorpay, GoFundMe, and Brazilian startup PicPay, which serves as an equivalent to Paypal or Venmo with some additional options such as cashback...

Code within a recent Twitter beta suggests that the company is integrating a Bitcoin payment option for its new “Tip Jar” feature with the help of the lightning network. Tipping With Bitcoin Though Bitcoin tips are not yet available to beta users, code reveals that it could soon be implemented as a payment option alongside Cash App, Bandcamp, Patreon, Venmo, and PayPal. For the unfamiliar, users of the network will be guided through a Bitcoin tutorial, including details about...

With Cardano’s price skyrocketing to new all-time highs, the asset has garnered the attention of the cryptocurrency crowd. On-chain data from social media platforms confirmed that ADA had become the most talked-about digital asset in the past few days. ADA Takes Over Twitter It’s safe to say that Cardano’s native cryptocurrency has been on a roll since the start of the year. Looking at a more micro-scale, meaning in the past month, ADA has blown out of the water most of its...

With bitcoin having lost so much of its value in recent weeks, institutions that bought into the asset earlier in the year have ultimately seen their investments begin to tank. Not long ago, we reported that Tesla saw approximately $1 billion in BTC disappear since it first plugged about $1.5 billion into the asset back in February. While other companies may not have lost as much, they are certainly keeping up the losing patterns, with Square having recently joined the...

Elon Musk has always been there to push Dogecoin, and this week was no exception. The South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Tesla tweeted that “Dogecoin is money,” and he wants everyone to take the asset seriously. Elon Musk Is Pushing Dogecoin Again Dogecoin is one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies in existence. First arriving on the monetary scene in approximately 2013, the currency initially began as a meme coin –...

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter – one of the largest social media platforms on Earth – said that Bitcoin will be a big part of the company’s future. Yesterday, July 22nd, Twitter published its Q2 2021 letter to shareholders, as well as its Q2 Earnings Conference Call. During the call, Jack Dorsey discussed many things, but Bitcoin and digital currencies took somewhat of a central stage, especially in light of current events and the fact that he’s been talking about it quite a...

Das Kerngeschäft von Square Inc. waren bisher Terminals und Lesegeräte für Kartenzahlungen. Wie ein Retweet von Jack Dorsey verriet, steigt das Unternehmen künftig aber auch in das Bitcoins-Geschäft ein. Der CEO von Square Inc. schrieb in seinem Retweet an den Abteilungsleiter für Hardware der Firma, Jesse Dorogusker, „Wir machen es. #Bitcoin“. Die Antwort bezog sich auf den vorangegangenen Tweet Dorogusker‘s, welcher die Entscheidung bekannt gab, den Bau einer Hardware-Wallet...

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Twitter has become the latest entity to drop its own NFT collections despite a decrease in the hype surrounding non-fungible tokens. Announcing the development today, the social media platform revealed that it has created 140 NFTs, which will be distributed freely to 140 users. While the NFTs are free, about seven of them have already been listed on the Ethereum-based platform, Rarible, with a “not for sale” disclaimer. At the time of writing, the bidding price for each of...

If Dorsey didn’t work on Square and Twitter, he would be doing something on the Bitcoin network, he said during the ongoing BTC conference. Additionally, he said that the primary cryptocurrency is the most important work in his lifetime. Speaking at the 2021 Bitcoin Conference, the CEO of Square and Twitter asserted that BTC “changes everything” for him as the freedom it represents draws him in the most. Moreover, he noted that “I don’t think there’s anything more important...