Jac Dorsey Led Block's Bitcoin Profits from Cash App Hit Nearly $2B


Cash App, the well-known mobile payment service
created by Block, said it produced $46 million of bitcoin net revenue during
the final quarter of 2021, 14% year over year.
Block, formerly named Square, the parent company
of Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, revealed Cash App's Q4 2021 outcomes,
which show how giving Bitcoin brokerage services may be a decent business
tactic.
During Q4 2021, Cash App produced $1.96 billion
in bitcoin income and $46 million of bitcoin net benefit, up 12% and 14%
year-over-year (YoY), separately. The building yearly development rate (CAGR)
for Cash App's bitcoin income and net benefit became 232% and 285% YoY,
separately. As of December 31, the fair evaluation of the organization's
bitcoin property was $371 million.
On Twitter that occurred on February 16 Jack
Dorsey, CEO of Block and ex-CEO of Twitter, had as a lot to say about Bitcoin
as one might think.
“For bitcoin — and in all the other projects
around it — I think if we're increasing transparency within the next five to 10
years; if we're increasing participation, and that participation is globally
represented; if we're providing daily utility, especially in the form of
currency, globally — that is a success,” he said.
Dorsey's interest in Bitcoin has become much more
evident since his parting from Twitter as he has pushed various drives at Block
connected with the shared money.
On Twitter, Jack repeated the significance of
Bitcoin and the obligation he feels towards it: “This is meant to be a
potential replacement to the US dollar’s dominance, and you can’t screw that
up.”
Truth be told, Spiral, the autonomous auxiliary
of Block committed to open-source Bitcoin advancement, is centered exclusively
around propelling the reception of Bitcoin as it keeps on developing "like
a spiral from a single point, encompassing more and more space until it touches
everything" and ultimately turns into a global currency.
During the final quarter of 2021, Block made net money
of $1.18 billion, up 47% YoY, while Cash App created a net benefit of $518
million, up 37% YoY. The Square ecosystem produced a net benefit of $657 million, 54% higher
than the earlier year.

Joyashree Dey
CBW - External Analyst
INDIA