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Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z's Africa Bitcoin fund: the full story

In February 2021, Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z did something that got the cryptocurrency world talking. The then-CEO of Twitter and the rap mogul whose real name is Shawn Carter jointly donated 500 Bitcoin, worth roughly $23 million at the time, to establish a nonprofit called Btrust. The goal, as Dorsey framed it on Twitter in typically sparse fashion, was to make Bitcoin the internet's currency, starting with teams in Africa and India.It was the kind…
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Billionaires.Africa broke the news on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
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