Square’s Q2 Bitcoin Revenue Nearly Doubles From Previous Record
Payments company Square reported its second-quarter earnings today, revealing $125 million in bitcoin sales through its Cash App, nearly doubling a record first quarter.
“During the quarter, bitcoin revenue benefited from increased volume as a result of the increase in the price of bitcoin, and generated $2 million of gross profit,” the earnings report explains.
Founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square reported that bitcoin represented very nearly half of the total revenue on its Cash App, at $260 million, for the second quarter of 2019. Bitcoin costs, however, are listed at $122.9 million in the unaudited quarterly report, yielding the $2 million in profit.
The first quarter of the year was Square’s best quarter for bitcoin to date, at $65.5 million. This represents significant growth with another record quarter. Last quarter, Square came out $832,000 ahead in profit. For all of 2018, the company reported $166 million in bitcoin sales.
With a net loss for the quarter of $6.7 million on $1.17 billion in revenue, bitcoin remains a long way away from the center of Square’s overall strategy. Transaction-based revenue in Q2 topped $775 million, according to the report.
The company sells bitcoin to users through its Cash App, a service that expanded to all 50 U.S. states in August 2018.
Earlier this week, the company clarified the role of Square Crypto, a project within the company created to make open-source contributions to the bitcoin protocol and ecosystem.
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