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Zero-Fee Bitcoin Payments Program From Square as $HYPER Scales $BTC

Quick Facts: 1️⃣ Block’s Square platform is launching a new service that allows small businesses to accept Bitcoin payments directly. 2️⃣ Merchants can convert a portion of their daily sales into crypto. 3️⃣ In a pilot program, participating sellers had built up a total of 142 Bitcoin by October 1, 2025.4️⃣ The service is available nationwide, but not in New York due to state ￰1￱ Dorsey’s Block is making it easier than ever for small businesses to enter the crypto ￰2￱ company’s Square platform is rolling out a new service that allows merchants to accept Bitcoin payments ￰3￱ goal is to make using Bitcoin as simple as swiping a credit ￰4￱ is a significant move for Block, which aims to make Bitcoin a mainstream currency, not just an ￰5￱ the new Square Bitcoin platform, sellers can accept Bitcoin and even convert a portion of their daily sales into ￰6￱ crypto conversion of sales to Bitcoin was tested in a pilot program in 2024 and proved to be a huge ￰7￱ to Block, participating sellers had already built up a total of 142 Bitcoin by October 1, ￰8￱ shows there’s a real demand for this kind of ￰9￱ the first year, they’ll be able to do this with no transaction ￰10￱ new platform also includes a built-in wallet, allowing businesses to manage their new Bitcoin holdings directly from their existing Square ￰11￱ Suter, who heads up Bitcoin Product at Block, said that this move gives small businesses powerful financial tools that were previously only available to large ￰12￱ decision to offer zero fees for the first year is a smart way to get merchants on board and let them try out the service ￰13￱ launch also shakes up the payments ￰14￱ puts pressure on other major players, such as PayPal, Visa, and Stripe, to enhance their own crypto ￰15￱ offering native Bitcoin support, Square is pushing the mainstream industry toward a more decentralized ￰16￱ the service is available nationwide, it won’t be in New York due to state regulations.

However, investors can still participate in Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) , a project aiming to scale up $BTC to its full ￰17￱ Bitcoin’s Full Potential with Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) Ever feel like Bitcoin is a bit … slow? And those transaction fees can be a real buzzkill. Well, Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is here to upgrade the OG digital ￰18￱ of it as a rocket booster for the world’s most secure digital assets. It’s building a lightning-fast Layer-2 network right on top of the Bitcoin ￰19￱ bringing the insane speed of the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to Bitcoin, Hyper is finally making it ready for everyday ￰20￱ will make transactions nearly instant, and cost pennies, not ￰21￱ isn’t just about faster payments, it’s about unlocking a whole new universe of possibilities, from DeFi to ￰22￱ industry has already taken ￰23￱ Hyper’s ($HYPER) presale has raised over $22M.

This isn’t just an upgrade; it’s a total game-changer for the entire Bitcoin ecosystem, turning it from a static asset into a dynamic powerhouse for the future of ￰24￱ experts predict it could reach a high of $0.32 by the end of ￰25￱ $HYPER Ecosystem: A World of Benefits Awaits When you want to use your Bitcoin on the Hyper network, you use a ‘ Canonical Bridge .’ You send your Bitcoin to a special address, where it’s securely locked on the main ￰26￱ return, an equal amount of ‘wrapped’ Bitcoin is minted on our Layer-2 network, which you can use for all your ￰27￱ you’re done, you can burn the wrapped tokens and reclaim your original Bitcoin. It’s that ￰28￱ the real magic happens with the $HYPER token itself.

It’s the engine that powers the whole ￰29￱ transactions on the network require $HYPER for gas fees, creating constant demand for the ￰30￱ holding and staking $HYPER, you get a say in the project’s ￰31￱ rewards currently sit at 51%. Buy your $HYPER for $0.013085 , but hurry, as a price increase is ￰32￱ note that this is not intended as financial advice, and you should always conduct your own research before ￰33￱ by Ben Wallis, Bitcoinist — ￰0￱

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