July 4 (Cointime) - Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has commented on the privacy practices of Mark Zuckerberg's upcoming Threads app, which is set to launch on July 6, 2023. The app is seen as a direct rival to Twitter, which has implemented temporary limits on user activity due to data scraping concerns.

July 2 (Cointime) - Jack Dorsey, the founder and former CEO of Twitter, has suggested that the current leadership integrate censorship-resistant protocols to alleviate restrictions.

June 27 (Cointime) - Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Block, a Bitcoin-focused financial services company, has questioned why Apple does not support Bitcoin on its mobile payment service, Apple Pay.

June 27 (Cointime) - Jack Dorsey recently tweeted a link to Nodeless, a platform that helps merchants easily accept Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network without having to run their own Lightning node. Nodeless is similar to OpenNode but offers a non-KYC service, meaning users don't have to share identifying information to begin accepting payments. Although technically a custodial solution, Nodeless promises to give users their funds back quickly. While some Bitcoiners expressed skepticism about the model, Nodeless operates legally in Canada and plans to move to El Salvador where UTXO believes the business will be welcomed.

June 27 (Cointime) - Damus, a decentralized social networking app with bitcoin transaction features backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, is set to be removed from the App Store due to non-compliance with Apple's payment guidelines. The dispute centers around Damus' tipping feature, which allows users to trade bitcoin without involving other apps and drew pushback from Apple, who takes a 30% fee for in-app purchases. Damus plans to appeal the decision, arguing that the guideline is "abused and misapplied" and that no digital content is unlocked when users are tipped. Despite friction with Apple, Damus has grown its user base to an estimated 160,000 on the Nostr platform, which has received over $5 million in backing from Dorsey.

June 16 (Cointime) - Block, Jack Dorsey's payments company, has launched an open beta program for its self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, Bitkey. The beta includes integrations with Coinbase and CashApp, allowing users to withdraw Bitcoin to the wallet without the need for copy and paste.

June 15 (Cointime) - Brink, a Bitcoin nonprofit, has received $5 million in funding from Jack Dorsey's Smart Small initiative to support independent Bitcoin developers. The money will be used to sustain existing Bitcoin developer grantees and potentially add new qualified grant applicants.

Jack Dorsey, the founder and former CEO of Twitter, has stated that he believes Ethereum (ETH) should be classified as a security amidst the ongoing lawsuit against Coinbase for unregistered operations.

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of fintech firm Block and co-founder of Twitter, has seemingly endorsed Robert Kennedy Jr., a pro-Bitcoin Democratic presidential candidate.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey endorses pro Bitcoin candidate RFK Jr for president