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		<title>Square launches AI voice ordering and an integrated Bitcoin solution for merchants</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/square-launches-ai-voice-ordering-and-an-integrated-bitcoin-solution-for-merchants/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Block is now allowing Square merchants to accept Bitcoin payments without any processing fee for one year]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Block lets Square merchants convert a part of their daily sales to bitcoin</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/block-now-lets-square-merchants-convert-a-part-of-their-daily-sales-to-bitcoin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and other services, announced a new program today allowing merchants using Square&#8217;s solutions to convert a percentage of their daily sales to bitcoin. The feature, rolling out in the U.S. starting today, will transfer 1-10% of Square sellers&#8217; daily sales to their personal Cash App account. This amount [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Block releases Bitkey hardware wallet to 95 countries… kinda</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/block-releases-bitkey-hardware-wallet-to-95-countries-kinda/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jack Dorsey&#8217;s Block (the company formerly known as Square) announced today that it is releasing its hardware Bitcoin wallet, Bitkey, in 95 countries. However, users can only preorder the device at the moment, with shipping starting in early 2024. The device will cost $150 USD. Block&#8217;s pitch to Bitcoin holders is that using a self-custodial [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square&#8217;s new AI features include a website and restaurant menu generator</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/squares-new-ai-features-include-a-website-and-restaurant-menu-generator/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Wiggers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Square, the financial services platform, is embracing generative AI in a very visible way. After announcing earlier this year that it would bring AI features to drive retail sales, Square this morning took the wraps off of new 10 &#8212; count &#8217;em, 10 &#8212; generative AI capabilities focused on customer content creation, onboarding and setup. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MobileCoin, which powers Signal&#8217;s anonymous crypto payments, appoints new CEO</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/13/signal-mobilecoin-sara-drakeley/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rita Liao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MobileCoin, the startup known for building Signal&#8217;s crypto payments feature, has appointed a new CEO as it works on expanding its encrypted money transfer service to global users in need of a more modern remittance solution. Sara Drakeley is taking the helm as MobileCoin&#8217;s new chief executive officer. Replacing her previous role as the firm&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square says daylong outage caused by DNS error</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/11/square-daylong-outage-dns-error/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Square said there was &#8220;no evidence&#8221; a cyberattack caused an outage that left customers and small businesses unable to use the payment giant&#8217;s technology on Thursday through early-Friday. The payments technology giant said in a post-mortem of the daylong outage that the outage was caused by a DNS issue. DNS, or domain name system, is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square says it has resolved daylong outage</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/square-day-long-outage-resolved/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carly Page]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 12:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2597048</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Fintech giant Square says its services are coming back online after a daylong outage left small business owners unable to process payments. The Block-owned company had, up until Friday morning on the U.S. West Coast, been battling a prolonged outage that had downed its services since Thursday afternoon. In a new posting on its status [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jack Dorsey&#8217;s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark &#8216;Web5&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/30/jack-dorseys-bitcoin-project-tbd-kills-its-plan-to-trademark-web5/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A plan which would see a corporate entity trademark the term &#8220;Web5&#8221; has been put to rest after much backlash. Late Tuesday night, TBD, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey&#8217;s payments company Block (formerly Square), announced an ill-thought-out plan to trademark the term, which refers to its vision for a decentralized, privacy-focused iteration of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square now supports Apple&#8217;s Tap to Pay on iPhones</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/29/square-now-supports-apples-tap-to-pay-on-iphones/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay for iPhone feature for merchants. Existing Square users or new businesses wanting to use Square can now use their iPhones to receive payments while using the fintech company&#8217;s financial management software. The Jack Dorsey-led company said that merchants can open the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Livestream platform Mandolin adds custom artist pages and a fan data analytics hub</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/21/livestream-platform-mandolin-adds-custom-artist-pages-and-a-fan-data-analytics-hub/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2358028</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Mandolin, the digital fan engagement platform, launched two new products today with the aim of assisting artists with turning fans into superfans and maximizing revenue. Fan Navigator helps artists collect fan data and teaches them how to engage fans with digital experiences. Mandolin’s Fan Pages also drive fan engagement with a page for the artist [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple enters the BNPL market as regulation, competition intensify</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/11/apple-enters-the-bnpl-market-as-regulation-competition-intensify/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Wilhelm, Kyle Wiggers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How will all of these BNPL-focused providers fare with Apple pounding its way into their market?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IROKO co-founder Bastian Gotter raises $3.2M seed for new venture, Bamba</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/iroko-co-founder-bastian-gotter-raises-3-2m-seed-for-new-venture-bamba/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tage Kene-Okafor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 09:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Bastian Gotter invested up to $200,000 into IROKOtv, an African video-on-demand company Jason Njoku, his friend and co-founder, launched in Lagos, Nigeria. For the next couple of years, Gotter, as CFO, was instrumental in turning IROKO &#8212; after raising over $30 million from VCs, including Tiger Global &#8212; into a household name in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Forma raises new funding to make employee benefits more flexible</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/forma-raises-new-funding-to-make-employee-benefits-more-flexible/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Ramaswamy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Companies across the board are fighting to recruit and retain employees as the war for talent rages on. Employee benefits are no longer viewed as a cookie-cutter, standard set of offerings &#8212; rather, they are valuable tools employers can use to differentiate themselves from competitors and attract top candidates. Forma, which just changed its name [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Block&#8217;s Cash App adopts Lightning Network for free bitcoin payments</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/blocks-cash-app-adopts-lightning-network-for-free-bitcoin-payments/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2258742</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Late last year, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from his position in order to give his full attention to his other company, Square (now called Block), which had become increasingly invested in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency &#8212; just like Dorsey himself. Now we&#8217;re starting to see the results of Block&#8217;s embrace of crypto, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/nft-kingpin-opensea-lands-13-3b-valuation-in-300m-raise-from-paradigm-and-coatue/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Matney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The NFT auction marketplace OpenSea had a blockbuster 2021 and as a result is seeing its private valuation grow more quickly than almost any other startup. The crypto firm announced late Tuesday that it closed a $300 million Series C round led by Paradigm and Coatue. The raise valued the startup at a massive $13.3 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jack Dorsey dials in on his dream job — bitcoin missionary</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/05/jack-dorsey-dials-in-on-his-dream-job-bitcoin-missionary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Matney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 19:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we took a break from contextualization for some guides to consumption. This week, we&#8217;re looking at what&#8217;s happening in the mind of one Jack Dorsey. You can get this in your inbox from the newsletter page, and follow my tweets @lucasmtny. the big thing While [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square&#8217;s Better.com name Block is Butter-y smooth</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/podcast/squares-better-com-name-block-is-butter-y-smooth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Wilhelm, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2242345</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. It&#8217;s Friday, which means the whole crew was aboard for this particular episode. We had Grace and Chris behind the scenes, and Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex on the mics. And, frankly, we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square is changing its name to Block</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/01/square-is-changing-its-name-to-block/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Silberling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2241817</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The fintech giant Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10. The name change, which has been in the works for over a year, is intended to house the company&#8217;s various products &#8212; including music streaming service Tidal, Cash App, TBD, and of course, Square &#8212; under one brand. This announcement comes just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Afterpay unveils BNPL subscription offering for US customers</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/24/afterpay-unveils-bnpl-subscription-offering-for-u-s-customers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Hall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2239268</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The service will launch in both the U.S. and Australia beginning early in 2022 and will be free for customers who pay on time.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UNest raises $26M Series B to help parents save for their kids’ expenses</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/17/unest-raises-26m-series-b-to-help-parents-save-for-their-kids-expenses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Ramaswamy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=2234925</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[UNest, a fintech startup that provides financial planning tools for parents saving on behalf of their children, announced today that it raised $26 million in Series B funding led by The Artemis Fund. Existing investor Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures participated alongside new investors including Franklin Templeton, Launchpad Capital, AltaIR Capital, OneWay Ventures, Unlock Venture Partners [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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