Block is a public fintech company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, Jim McKelvey, and Tristan O'Tierney that operates a portfolio of Bitcoin-focused products and ecosystem brands. Block's Twitter Score is 175 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #2,897 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Block builds and operates several distinct financial technology brands, including Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto. The company pioneered bitcoin access through Cash App in 2018 and has since launched Lightning payments, built Bitkey self-custody solutions, developed open-source mining hardware through Proto, and is rolling out native bitcoin payments across Square merchants. More than 24 million Cash App actives have bought bitcoin since 2018, based on internal data.
Block has faced a series of regulatory settlements. On January 16, 2025, the CFPB ordered Block to provide up to $120 million in consumer redress and pay a $55 million penalty over Cash App fraud-handling and customer-service failures; state regulators separately ordered Block to pay $80 million for Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering law violations. In April 2025, Block agreed to pay $40 million to settle New York Department of Financial Services allegations that it failed to maintain effective anti-money-laundering programs, including scrutiny of high-risk bitcoin transactions.
Block has 119,968 followers as of August 2026 and has published 401 posts. Block has been mentioned by 419 accounts a total of 1,178 times. Block's portfolio includes COPA, Yellow Card, Stem, TRM Labs, Gridless, My First Bitcoin and Running Bitcoin Challenge.
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The accounts that follow Block include 820 founders, 167 angel investors, 340 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Toly, Ansem, Laura Shin, Stani and Michael Saylor.