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Jack Dorsey-led Block generated $2.52 billion in total Bitcoin (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BTC</a>) sales to customers in the fourth quarter of 2023, up 37% year-over-year. 
Additionally, Block <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312524042835/d718674dex991.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> $207 million in overvalued <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/bitcoin/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bitcoin</a> assets. At the end of last year, Block had about 8,038 BTC, worth about $340 million. 
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 “The year-over-year increase in bitcoin revenue and gross profit was driven by an increase in the average market price of bitcoin as well as a benefit from the price appreciation of our bitcoin inventory during the quarter.” <cite>Block report</cite>
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Additionally, the company’s mobile payment platform, Cash App, made a profit of $66 million from the sale of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s gross profit is up 90% year-over-year. 
Following Thursday’s main session in New York, the company’s shares rose by 5.4% and closed at $67.96. On news of robust post-market reporting, quotes rose another 13.2% to $76.9. This is the maximum since December 2023. 
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Twitter, now known as X creator Jack Dorsey’s payments company <a href="https://crypto.news/jack-dorseys-block-lays-off-10-of-staff/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">has focused</a> on streamlining production, which paid off last quarter. However, Block laid off over 1,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce, in late January, to streamline operations. According to the memo journalists reviewed, the layoffs affected employees who worked in the Cash App, Foundational, and Square divisions. 
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Jack Dorsey’s Block sold $2.52 billion worth of BTC in Q4

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