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Jay-Z Backed Btrust Acquires African Bitcoin Talent Firm Qala In Bid To Create African Bitcoin Infrastructure

Daniel JohnsonSeptember 6, 2023September 6, 2023

by Daniel JohnsonSeptember 6, 2023September 6, 20238087

It seems like the fund is delivering on that early promise, Btrust has acquired Qala, a firm that trains both Bitcoin developers and Lightning Network...

Business Finance Money

Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey Airdrop Nearly $1K in Bitcoin to Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant Residents

Stacy JacksonSeptember 9, 2022September 9, 2022

by Stacy JacksonSeptember 9, 2022September 9, 20225862

It's a bird... It's a plane... It's billionaires dropping bitcoin....

Money News Technology

Jay-Z, Jack Dorsey Invest In Bitcoin Education Program For Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses

Atiya JordanJune 9, 2022June 9, 2022

by Atiya JordanJune 9, 2022June 9, 20221198

"Live from Bedford-Stuyvesant," Jay-Z personally invests in financial and bitcoin education for the same housing complex where he grew up....

Lifestyle News

Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation Commits $15M To Climate Justice, With Jack Dorsey’s #StartSmall Initiative

Atiya JordanJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

by Atiya JordanJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022889

Rihanna continues to make moves to back her belief that climate change is a social-justice concern....

Arts and Culture Entrepreneurship Technology

Jack Dorsey’s Square Inc. Acquires Majority Ownership in Jay-Z’s Streaming Service TIDAL

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 4, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMarch 4, 20212267

Square, Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority ownership stake in the Jay-Z helmed TIDAL...

News Politics

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Explains President Trump’s Ban

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 20211123

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to the popular social media platform to give an explanation for the ban taken against President Trump...

Leadership News Technology

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Has Made Juneteenth An Official Corporate Holiday

Dana GivensJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020

by Dana GivensJune 11, 2020June 11, 202010605

Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey, announced that Juneteenth will become a permanent company holiday for all of its U.S. employees....

News Politics Technology

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: ‘We’ll Continue to Point Out Incorrect or Disputed Information About Elections Globally’

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 28, 2020May 28, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 28, 2020May 28, 20206788

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to Twitter to reaffirm the company's stance on fact-checking statements made on the social media platform...

COVID-19 Entrepreneurship Technology

Twitter CEO Backs Mayvenn’s #SaveTheSalon Campaign to Give $500 to Struggling Hair Stylists

Selena HillMay 15, 2020May 15, 2020

by Selena HillMay 15, 2020May 15, 202012448

Mayvenn launched the #SaveTheSalon campaign to raise $2 million for hairstylists impacted by COVID-19...

COVID-19 News

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to Meek Mill and Jay-Z’s Reform Alliance

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 13, 2020May 13, 2020

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonMay 13, 2020May 13, 20205698

REFORM will use Jack Dorsey's $10 million donation to purchase and deliver 10 million masks and PPE to every prison and jail in America....