• Dorsey launches Crypto Open Patent Alliance
    Jack Dorsey's Square has launched a nonprofit aiming to keep patent trolls from undermining cryptocurrency development. But it'll only work if the industry joins in. (Photo: Wikipedia)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launches ‘Crypto Open Patent Alliance’

    Dorsey’s Square payments firm is putting all of its cryptocurrency patents into a shared open library, hoping to attract others to the fight against patent trolls

    September 11, 2020 /

    According to Square Crypto, “there is growing concern that ‘patent lockup’ could stifle innovation and adoption from bitcoin to the most obscure cryptocurrency.”

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  • Blockchain project helps restaurants
    Brooklyn's Red Hook Lobster Pound was saved after 2012's Hurricane Sandy by the type of Save Your Business program Tatum is putting on the blockchain (Photo: Flickr/Mr.TinDC)
    Commentary,  Technology

    Blockchain project steps up to save businesses hit by coronavirus

    As well-meaning as the Save Your Business initiative is, there are sadly some flaws to the concept

    April 16, 2020 /

    The coronavirus pandemic has hit restaurants, retailers and millions of other small businesses hard. Now, a blockchain startup is attempting to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 for companies who have been forced to close their doors. Enterprise blockchain developer Tatum’s nonprofit Save Your Business project is designed to deliver much-needed cashflow to firms that saw their income practically dry up overnight.

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  • Square joins coronavirus loan program
    Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin-friendly payments provider Square is among the fintechs getting $350 billion to small business owners (Photo: Pixabay)
    Bitcoin,  Technology

    Crypto-friendly Square joins coronavirus loan program

    Square joins PayPal and QuickBooks in U.S. government’s $350 billion stimulus loan and grant program for small businesses and their employees—after a fight

    April 14, 2020 /

    Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin-friendly payment processing company Square is among the fintechs taking part in the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program, potentially offering a more nimble platform to quickly get loans and grants to small businesses slammed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Dorsey gives $1 billion COVID-19 fight
    Jack Dorsey has a very different definition of "start small" than the rest of us (Photo: Twitter).
    Bitcoin,  Innovators

    Jack Dorsey will ‘start small,’ giving a quarter of his fortune to COVID-19 fight, girls education

    The Twitter and Square CEO will also support universal basic income, says he wants to see philanthropy’s ‘impact in my lifetime’

    April 8, 2020 /

    On April 7, Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey tweeted on his @jack account that he will give $1 billion—more than a quarter of his fortune—to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. After that, the funds will be used to advance health and education initiatives for girls, and advocate for universal basic income.

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