Square Revenues Triple, Fueled By Bitcoin Purchases
Square, Inc. (SQ) reported first quarter 2021 earnings this week, and the company revenues vastly surpassed the analyst’s expectations. Quarterly revenues to start the year came in at over $5B USD, compared to average analyst projections anticipated $3.37B. In the last quarter of 2020, the company purchased $50M worth of BTC, and followed that purchase […]
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Square has had a busy weekend. The company made headlines for it’s purchase of Australia-based fintech firm, Afterpay, in an all-stock deal. Square then went on to release it’s Q2 2021 Shareholder Letter, filled to the brim with company insights – including some strong growth numbers in crypto transactions on Square’s mobile product, Cash App. Breaking Down The Numbers Square’s gross profit in Q2 was a healthy $546M, reflecting a 91% increase year-over-year. Bitcoin gross profit on Cash App specifically accounted for roughly 10% that, coming in at around $55M;....
Jack Dorsey’s company Square has announced that it plans to acquire Australian technology company Afterpay. This was revealed in a press release that went out on August 1st. The press release showed that both companies had entered into what is known as a Scheme Implementation Deed. Square plans to acquire all of the issued shares […]
The recent push to the $1 trillion bitcoin market cap can at least be partially attributed to institutional investors; firms investing on the behalf of others or as part of their asset allocation strategies. Square, One of the Largest Corporate Holders of Bitcoin Alongside MicroStrategy, now Tesla, Square is one of the largest institutional purchasers of the asset. However, unlike these other two companies – Square purchases bitcoin to provide it to its users directly […]
Bitcoin miner revenues have been a hot topic of discussion in the last three months. It mainly follows the decline in cash flow of mining machines due to the drop in the price of BTC, and that has adversely affected the revenues of bitcoin miners, seeing them drop to yearly lows. However, as the market has recovered some of its lost value, bitcoin miners are starting to fare better in terms of revenues, which could be the plug to the recent sell-offs. Miner Revenues Grow Bitcoin daily miner revenues had dropped to the $17 million level during the lowest point. At this time, bitcoin miner....
Cash App generated over $1 billion in bitcoin revenues for Square in Q3. Google search data shows little bitcoin "FOMO" amid the current market bull run.