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USA Today
3 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Training camp medical preview: Cornerbacks
The cornerback position appears to be a team strength entering the season. There were some injuries last season but there are no significant concerns heading into training camp. Last season, six CB's made the initial 53-man roster (Terrion Arnold, Carlton Davis, Amik Robertson, Ennis Rakestraw, Kindle Vildor, Khalil Dorsey). Here is the list of CB's starting with the players with the biggest medical question marks entering the season. Ages are at the start of the season. #1: Khalil Dorsey - 27yo Dorsey was not ready for June OTA which was to be expected. He was placed on PUP at the start of training camp, but he has a good chance to be ready at some point during camp. The Lions showed confidence in his recovery by giving him a 2-year deal this offseason. On July 22, Dan Campbell stated that Dorsey's timeline was "hoping late camp" which is good news that he's on schedule. Projection: Dorsey potentially stays on PUP into the season. For roster management reasons, the Lions might give him extra time on PUP as long as the CB group stays healthy. Dorsey is one of the most valuable special teamers so that could be an impetus to activate him earlier. #2: Ennis Rakestraw - 23yo The calendar year 2024 was a difficult one for Rakestraw medically. After his college career, he had core muscle surgery sometime around early 2024. During the season, multiple hamstring strains limited him to just eight games. The year 2025 was going well so far as he was a full participant at OTA. However, on Day 1 of training camp, Rakestraw suffered a chest injury. Fortunately, the initial diagnosis is just a simple contusion (bruise). Projection: Rakestraw enters his second season competing to be a primary backup. The Lions certainly hope he earns that role as he enters the second year of his 4-year rookie deal. #3: DJ Reed - 28yo Reed enters the season healthy, but he did miss two games with a groin last year, one game with a knee last year, and three weeks with a concussion the year before. He's shown good availability the past three seasons playing 14, 15, and 17 games. Projection: Reed will continue to excel as a starting CB. There is a reason the Lions made him their biggest free agent signing. #4: Amik Robertson - 27yo His season ended in the playoff game with the arm fracture. There are no concerns going forward, as he was a full participant at OTA. Projection: Robertson will pick up right where he left off as a strong starter at the nickel position. He also likely serves as the primary backup at outside CB based on his impressive performances last year after Carlton Davis's jaw fracture. #5: Terrion Arnold - 23yo Last season as a rookie, he missed just one game due to a groin. He also had this worrisome-looking right foot/toe injury at the end of the season which turned out to be nothing serious. Projection: Arnold improved significantly over the course of last season as he cut down on his penalties. He takes another step forward this season forming an elite tandem with Reed. #6: Rock Ya-Sin - 29yo He's had some knee and foot issues in recent years but appeared to be healthy in limited action last season with the 49ers. He played 62 defensive snaps last year. Projection: He's in the mix to earn a backup position. But with no guarantees on his 1-year deal, that factor might determine whether he makes the 53-man roster. #7: Stantley Thomas-Oliver - 27yo Thomas-Oliver joined the Lions late last season and played five special teams snaps in Week 18. He's had a hamstring, thigh, and toe injury in his past. At the start of camp, he was placed on NFI (non football injury list) for unknown reasons, which could affect his ability to make the team. Projection: If the other CB's stay healthy, there may not be room for him on the 53-man roster. #8: Tyson Russell - age unknown The Lions signed this undrafted rookie at the start of camp. He played 13 games last year with Vanderbilt. Projection: He gets a chance with Thomas-Oliver on NFI. #9: Dicaprio Bootle - 27yo This 5th-year veteran was just signed at the start of camp.
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Business Standard
8 hours ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Jack Dorsey's Square enables bitcoin payments for merchants; details here
The feature is integrated directly into Square's payment infrastructure, allowing merchants to receive Bitcoin payments alongside traditional options like credit cards and digital wallets SI Reporter New Delhi Jack Dorsey's financial services platform, Square, has officially rolled out support for Bitcoin (BTC) payments across its merchant network. The company said that businesses using Square's point-of-sale systems can now accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. The feature is integrated directly into Square's payment infrastructure, allowing merchants to receive Bitcoin payments alongside traditional options like credit cards and digital wallets. The rollout marks a notable expansion of Square's cryptocurrency offerings, aligning with Dorsey's long-standing support for Bitcoin. However, Square has not disclosed how many merchants have opted in to accept Bitcoin so far. square sellers on bitcoin starting today — jack (@jack) July 22, 2025 Bitcoin payments on Square will be processed using the Lightning Network, which enables faster and lower-cost transactions compared to traditional Bitcoin transfers. Merchants will also have the option to automatically convert Bitcoin into fiat currency to reduce exposure to price volatility. Notably, the company is currently testing this new Bitcoin option with select businesses and plans to roll it out to more sellers by 2026, all powered by the Lightning Network to enable low-fee, near-instant transactions. Earlier, in May this year, Square announced that its parent company, Block, Inc., planned to integrate Bitcoin payments into Square's systems. "By leveraging the Lightning Network, the Square Point of Sale app will allow merchants to accept Bitcoin payments directly through their Square hardware for near-instantaneous, low-cost transactions," the company said at the time. About Square Co-founded by Jack Dorsey, Square is a US-based financial technology company that helps businesses accept payments and manage daily operations. It began with a mobile card reader that allowed small merchants to process credit card payments via smartphones. Since then, Square has evolved into a comprehensive platform offering payment solutions, point-of-sale systems, and tools for payroll, inventory, and online ordering. The company supports both in-person and digital commerce across a variety of industries. Square is a subsidiary of Block, Inc., which also owns Cash App and other fintech ventures.
Mint
4 days ago
- Business
- Mint
Jack Dorsey-led Block set to join S&P 500 index in new milestone, to replace Hess
Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. is set to join the S&P 500 index, a milestone that underscores the growing influence of digital payments and crypto in mainstream finance. The fintech firm will replace Hess Corp. in the benchmark, following Chevron Corp.'s $53 billion acquisition of the energy producer. The changes will go into effect prior to the start of trading on July 23, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. Shares of Block rose as much as 14% in after-hours trading. Block, formerly known as Square, has evolved from a payments processor into a broader fintech player, offering peer-to-peer transfers, merchant services, and increasingly, consumer lending. Earlier this year, Block's industrial bank subsidiary Square Financial Services Inc. received approval from the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to begin offering consumer loans directly through the Cash App Borrow product. The company is also integrating Bitcoin payment capabilities into its Square terminals, reflecting Dorsey's long-standing advocacy for Bitcoin. He remains an influential voice in the digital-asset world, recently sharing open-source coding projects on X. Block is aiming to turn Cash App into a full-scale banking and lending product, even as the company grapples with uneven earnings results. Inclusion in the US equity benchmark can elevate a company's profile and is becoming more important as passive investment funds grow. Expulsion from the benchmark can weigh on stock prices, as index funds sell shares to realign with the S&P 500's new composition.
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Business Standard
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Jack Dorsey's Block to join S&P 500 index, replacing Hess after merger
Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. is set to join the S&P 500 index, a milestone that underscores the growing influence of digital payments and crypto in mainstream finance. The fintech firm will replace Hess Corp. in the benchmark, following Chevron Corp.'s $53 billion acquisition of the energy producer. The changes will go into effect prior to the start of trading on July 23, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. Shares of Block rose as much as 14 per cent in after-hours trading. Block, formerly known as Square, has evolved from a payments processor into a broader fintech player, offering peer-to-peer transfers, merchant services, and increasingly, consumer lending. Earlier this year, Block's industrial bank subsidiary Square Financial Services Inc. received approval from the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to begin offering consumer loans directly through the Cash App Borrow product. The company is also integrating Bitcoin payment capabilities into its Square terminals, reflecting Dorsey's long-standing advocacy for Bitcoin. He remains an influential voice in the digital-asset world, recently sharing open-source coding projects on X. Block is aiming to turn Cash App into a full-scale banking and lending product, even as the company grapples with uneven earnings results. Inclusion in the US equity benchmark can elevate a company's profile and is becoming more important as passive investment funds grow. Expulsion from the benchmark can weigh on stock prices, as index funds sell shares to realign with the S&P 500's new composition.
Engadget
6 days ago
- Business
- Engadget
Jack Dorsey backs an open-source development collective with $10 million
Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day . The Block CEO put those together under the auspices of a new development collective called "and Other Stuff," a nonprofit that he is backing with a $10 million cash injection through his StartSmall foundation , as TechCrunch reports. The group plans to work on open-source projects, including ones that could become consumer social media apps, along with app-development tools. The developers met on Nostr, a social networking protocol Dorsey has also backed financially. The "and Other Stuff" collective aims to support Nostr's "transition from an experimental protocol to a widely adopted, sustainable ecosystem through collaborative growth and funding." In addition to Nostr projects, the collaborators plan to experiment with building tools based on the likes of ActivityPub — which powers Mastodon — and Cashu. That e-cash platform's creator, dubbed Calle, is part of the "and other Stuff" team alongside Twitter's first employee, Evan Henshaw-Plath. The projects that "and Other Stuff" has worked on so far include voice note app heynow, a private messenger app called White Noise and social community +chorus. They have also created Shakespeare, which is designed to help developers build Nostr-based social apps with AI. Dorsey has long fostered an interest in open-source protocols. In 2019, during his second stint as Twitter CEO, the company set up a team that was tasked with forming an open, decentralized standard for social media. Dorsey had hoped to eventually shift Twitter onto that protocol, but of course that didn't pan out. Instead, Twitter spun out that project — Bluesky — as a public benefit corporation in 2022. Last year, after leaving Bluesky's board, Dorsey claimed that the team there was "literally repeating all the mistakes" he made while running Twitter such as, uh, setting up moderation tools (which are, in reality, a critically important aspect of any successful social platform). On an episode of Henshaw-Plath's new podcast , Dorsey reiterated a point he had made previously, that Twitter was beholden to advertisers (an issue that X is contending with under Elon Musk's ownership ). "It's hard for something like [Twitter] to be a company, because you have corporate incentives when it wants to be a protocol," Dorsey said. "If [Twitter] were an open protocol, if it were truly an open project, you could build a business on top of it, and you could build a very healthy business on top of it." He was also once again critical of Bluesky's structure, adding that, "I want to push the energy in a different direction... which is more like Bitcoin, which is completely open and not owned by anyone from a protocol layer. That's what I see in Nostr as well. That's where I want to push my energy... rather into the more corporate direction, even if it is a public benefit corporation."
