Jack Dorsey’s Square has just opened up 4M merchants to Bitcoin

X users have already reported using the new Bitcoin payment feature at coffee shops across the United States.

Payment processor Square has launched its Bitcoin payment feature for sellers, allowing them to opt in and accept Bitcoin at checkout through its point-of-sale system.

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Block, which owns Square, said in an X post on Monday that with the new feature, merchants using Square can receive Bitcoin to Bitcoin, Bitcoin to fiat, fiat to Bitcoin or fiat to fiat payments.

At the same time, Jacob Szymik, an account executive at Square, stated that Bitcoin (BTC) payments are currently only available for in-person purchases and point-of-sale terminals, but online and invoicing options are “in the works,” and teased that updates would be coming soon.

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