Block, formerly Square, will allow users to gift BTC for the holidays using C...

Block, formerly Square, will allow users to gift BTC for the holidays using C...

"It’s as easy as sending cash, and you don't need to own stock or Bitcoin to gift it," said Cash App, allowing transfers as low as $1. Digital payments company Block, formerly called Square, has announced that Cash App users will be able to gift friends and family both crypto and stock over the holiday season.According to a Tuesday tweet, Cash App said its users — roughly 40 million active monthly — could send as little as $1 in Bitcoin (BTC) or stock as a gift in the same way they had been sending cash. The payments firm joins others including PayPal and Coinbase in allowing users to send....


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Gift giving during the holidays just took on a whole new meaning. eBay, the parent company of PayPal, filed patent application20130339188, "Gift Token" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on June 18, 2012. The USPTO published the application on December 19, 2013. The technology was invented by itsengineers from Tamilnadu, Indiaand assigned to eBay Inc. of San Jose, California. The innocuous sounding application "Gift Token" was probably written in such a way as to shield trade secrets from competitive intelligence gathering. It is common for companies to obfuscate....