On July 23, 2025, Square, the payments network owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, Inc., started signing up businesses to accept Bitcoin (BTC) payments. This was a big step towards making cryptocurrencies more widely used among investors. Dorsey announced this launch on X, saying it uses the Bitcoin Lightning Network to make transactions quick and cheap and it works perfectly with Square’s current point-of-sale (POS) terminals. Merchants may now accept Bitcoin straight through their current POS systems thanks to Square’s new capability. They don’t need any extra hardware, as the Lightning Network is a layer-2 solution that ... (full story)