# Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in B deal

# Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal

“# Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal ” Jack Dorsey’s cryptocurrency-friendly digital payments firm Square is expanding competition with global payment giants like PayPal by acquiring a major Australian lending company. Square announced Sunday that the firm has entered into a scheme implementation deed to acquire all of the issued shares in…

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# Cash App’s quarterly Bitcoin revenue triples despite BTC impairment loss for Square

# Cash App’s quarterly Bitcoin revenue triples despite BTC impairment loss for Square

“# Cash App’s quarterly Bitcoin revenue triples despite BTC impairment loss for Square ” Jack Dorsey’s Square has reported a 200% increase in Bitcoin revenue for the second quarter year-on-year (YoY). The company announced the impressive earnings figures in its second-quarter shareholder letter on August 1. In the report, Square revealed its total gross profit…

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# DHedge scales up on Polygon, integrates with SushiSwap

# DHedge scales up on Polygon, integrates with SushiSwap

“# DHedge scales up on Polygon, integrates with SushiSwap ” Decentralized asset management protocol, dHEDGE, has launched its V2 deployment on Polygon. The new platform also boasts an integration with popular decentralized exchange, SushiSwap. Speaking exclusively to Cointelegraph, dHEDGE’s Henrik Andersson highlighted v2’s new Guarded Open Access Transactions (GOAT) framework — which enables v2 users…

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# PayPal reportedly assembling crypto team in Ireland as Bitcoin adoption grows

# PayPal reportedly assembling crypto team in Ireland as Bitcoin adoption grows

“# PayPal reportedly assembling crypto team in Ireland as Bitcoin adoption grows ” Global payments provider PayPal is in the process of recruiting for several cryptocurrency-related positions at its Ireland offices, further highlighting the company’s ambitions in the rapidly growing digital asset market.  The Dublin-based Irish Independent, one of the country’s most popular news outlets,…

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