Friday, June 6, 2025

Twitter integrates bitcoin into the social network

&NewLine;<&excl;-- Google AdSense AMP snippet added by Site Kit -->&NewLine;<amp-auto-ads type&equals;"adsense" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7026113949539412"><&sol;amp-auto-ads>&NewLine;<&excl;-- End Google AdSense AMP snippet added by Site Kit -->&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the founder of the company <strong>Jack Dorsey<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>bitcoin <&sol;strong>is the best candidate for the role of the global currency of the Internet and will be integrated into the products and services of the <strong>social network<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Twitter <&sol;strong>founder <strong>Jack Dorsey<&sol;strong> said the <strong>social network<&sol;strong> will support <strong>Bitcoin<&sol;strong>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;techcrunch&period;com&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;22&sol;jack-dorsey-says-bitcoin-will-be-a-big-part-of-twitters-future&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">TechCrunch reports<&sol;a> &period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The first <strong>cryptocurrency<&sol;strong>&lpar;<strong>Bitcoin<&sol;strong>&rpar; will be integrated into <strong>Twitter <&sol;strong>existing products and services&comma; including paid subscriptions&comma; commerce&comma; and the ability to support authors&comma; Dorsey said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Bitcoin <&sol;strong>is the best candidate for the global currency of the Internet&comma; <strong>Dorsey <&sol;strong>said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center"><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is an obvious need for this&period; I think an open standard that is native to the internet is the right way to go&period; Therefore&comma; our focus will ultimately be on bitcoin&comma; ”said the founder of Twitter&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Dorsey <&sol;strong>also serves as CEO of payment systems company Square&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Oh man&comma; Jack Dorsey says he thinks Bitcoin is key to Twitter&&num;8217&semi;s future&period; Says it will &&num;8220&semi;ensure people and companies can freely trade goods and services anywhere on the planet&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Alex Weprin &lpar;&commat;alexweprin&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;alexweprin&sol;status&sol;1418331237157150722&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 22&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p> <script async&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">&&num;8220&semi;I think it is hugely important to Twitter and Twitter shareholders that we continue to look at this space and invest aggressively into it&period; There is an obvious need for this&comma; an appreciation for it&period; An open standard&comma; which is native to the internet&comma; is where it should go&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Alex Weprin &lpar;&commat;alexweprin&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;alexweprin&sol;status&sol;1418334033507987459&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 22&comma; 2021<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p> <script async&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In early May&comma; Square published a financial report for the first quarter of 2021&comma; according to which the income from <strong>investments in bitcoin <&sol;strong>was &dollar; 3&period;5 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Square last invested in <strong>bitcoin <&sol;strong>in February 2021&period; Then the company bought a <strong>cryptocurrency <&sol;strong>for &dollar; 170 million at an average price of &dollar; 51 thousand&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Before that&comma; it bought <strong>bitcoin <&sol;strong>in October 2020&period; <strong>Cryptocurrency <&sol;strong>now accounts for about 5&percnt; of Square&&num;8217&semi;s total reserves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>Read More<&sol;em>&ast;&ast;&ast;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cointopsecret&period;com&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;23&sol;twitter-records-new-number-of-tweets-about-bitcoin&sol;">Twitter records New number of tweets about bitcoin<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&ast;&ast;&ast;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cointopsecret&period;com&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;14&sol;twitter-founders-company-refuses-to-buy-bitcoins-in-the-future&sol;">Twitter Founder’s Company Refuses to Buy Bitcoins in the Future<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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