Jack Dorsey Says the Internet Should Have Its Own Native Currency

The CEO of Square and Twitter is bullish on Bitcoin

Jack Dorsey thinks the internet should have its own currency.

According to the CEO of Twitter and Square, a digital currency that’s universal in nature could benefit both consumers and companies in the ever-evolving world of online payments.

“The internet deserves its own currency,” Dorsey said today at the Consensus blockchain and cryptocurrency conference New York. “It will have a native currency. I don’t know if it will be Bitcoin or not. I hope it will be.”

While Dorsey is more frequently associated with Twitter, he’s become bullish on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin—the

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