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Square, Inc. Invests $50 Million in Bitcoin
The investment underscores Square’s purpose of economic empowerment
October 08, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SAN FRANCISCO–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced today that it has purchased approximately 4,709 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $50 million. Square believes that cryptocurrency is an instrument of economic empowerment and provides a way for the world to participate in a global monetary sy…
Avalanche Integrates with Ledger for Users to Securely Store AVAX Tokens
New York, NY – October 12, 2020 – Avalanche, the highly-scalable, open-source platform for launching decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, has completed its integration with Ledger, the leader in cryptocurrency and blockchain security, enabling users to securely store and access their Avalanche Tokens (AVAX) using the Ledger Nano S hardware wallet.
The integration was funded through Avalanche-X, an accelerator for developers build…