Square processed $148 million in bitcoin sales in the third quarter of 2019.
Though Square's crypto business remains a niche concern for the publicly traded company, more users are turning to Square's Cash App as a gateway to bitcoin investing, particularly after the company rolled out a new user interface for the app.
"First-time bitcoin buyers have approximately doubled," an investor letter published Wednesday read. Square's bitcoin revenue represents a 244 percent percent increase year-over-year, having generated just $43 million in revenue during the third quarter of 2018.
The company saw $146 million in bitcoin costs this past quarter, resulting in a profit of only $2 million for the second quarter in a row.
Cash App as a whole clocked $307 million in revenue in Q3. In its Q4 guidance, Square predicts that bitcoin and transaction costs will range from $575 million to $585 million.
"We are increasing the upper end of our full-year 2019 total net revenue guidance by $110 million due to underlying trends in our Seller and Cash App businesses as well as bitcoin outperformance in the third quarter."
Square has been selling bitcoin to consumers since November 2017, after adding a purchasing option in its Cash App.
The company has seen rapid growth through the feature, generating $125 million in bitcoin revenue.
Despite the uptick in usage, Square has struggled to generate substantial profits through bitcoin, raising a scant $832,000 in Q1 and about $2 million in both Q2 and Q3. Perhaps in response to this, the Cash App recently introduced a new fee structure.
Still, year-over-year, Square has been rapidly increasing the amount of bitcoin it has sold, having raised $34 million in bitcoin revenue during the first quarter of 2018 and $37 million in Q2. The company also created a Square Crypto.
First-Time Bitcoin Buyers 'Doubled' in Square's Q3 Report
gepubliceerd op Nov 6, 2019
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