Impact
This month we opened Uptown Market, a retail space hosting local cultural markets on the ground floor of Oakland’s historic Uptown Station.
Our 2023 global bitcoin survey builds on our 2022 survey’s findings and provides a resource for policymakers to better understand how and why people are drawn to or avoid the decentralized currency.
Today, Neha Narula, Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, joins Block, Inc.’s Board of Directors, bringing her expertise in Bitcoin and open source technology to the team.
Block, Inc. will release financial results for the second quarter of 2023 on Thursday, August 3, 2023, after market close.
At the end of June, The Bitcoin Classic held its latest tournament in Atlanta, GA, welcoming teams from across the country to compete, have fun, and learn more about bitcoin and blockchain technology.
Inclusion & Diversity
Learn about all the work we did in 2022 to be a more sustainable, inclusive, and impactful company.
Businesses in the UK’s West Midlands that struggle to access finance from high street lenders are set to benefit.
In 2022, Block and the Shawn Carter Foundation partnered to provide free education on bitcoin for residents of Marcy Houses in Brooklyn, New York.
Block partnered with Wakefield Research to gather insights on people’s knowledge and perceptions of bitcoin around the world and across demographics.
Learn about how we built a framework to structure our $100 million investment in minority and underserved communities.
Block invests $3 million CAD in Canada’s largest and most innovative Indigenous social impact fund.
In 2022, the Human Rights Foundation and Block, Inc. presented Currency of Freedom — a series offering global perspectives on bitcoin, human rights, and economic empowerment.
Sustainability
In 2022, we partnered with Oceanworks to serve as our sustainability partner specifically focused on at-risk plastics.
An exploration of the role bitcoin could play in accelerating the transition to clean energy.
Block’s work to accelerate renewable, energy-based mining.
Comprehensive carbon removal and clean energy portfolios help Block chart a path to a more sustainable future.
Equity and access are essential to Block’s shared purpose of economic empowerment. So inclusion and diversity are at the heart of how we approach our work. Block is Square, Cash App, TIDAL, TBD, Spiral, and our Foundational team. We’re building tools to help more people overcome barriers to participating in the economy.
Representation matters, and so does transparency about where we stand. Take a look at our 2022 report for an overview of Block’s workforce diversity.
We want Block to be a place where everyone feels like they belong.
Being a good neighbor means supporting the communities where we work.
Block makes simple tools that help create more equitable and inclusive financial services — here are a few.
Press
Block’s 2022 Investor Day goes deep into the company’s purpose, strategy, financials, and businesses.
In conjunction with the acquisition, Block has appointed former Afterpay Director Sharon Rothstein to serve as a member of its Board of Directors.
The change differentiates the Square brand, which was built for the Seller business, from the corporate entity.
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