📌 "Block (Square) to Introduce Bitcoin Payments via Lightning Network"
Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is rolling out a Lightning Network-powered Bitcoin payments feature for Square merchants.
Initially launching later this year, with a full rollout expected by 2026, allowing businesses to accept BTC via QR code; merchants can either hold BTC or auto-convert to fiat squareup.com+12cointelegraph.com+12en.wikipedia.org+12
This marks a major milestone in making Bitcoin a mainstream, everyday payment method.