[Square Completes Phased Expansion of Bitcoin Payments to Eligible US Merchants as Planned] Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin News, in an article published on the X platform, stated that Square plans to complete its phased expansion of Bitcoin payments today. Lightning Network payments will be available to eligible sellers within its US merchant network. Consumers can pay with Bitcoin, while merchants will default to USD or choose to retain their Bitcoin. Square will waive Bitcoin payment processing fees until the end of 2026, after which it plans to uniformly charge a 1% fee. Square's broader merchant network covers over 4 million merchants, but eligibility restrictions remain, and actual adoption has not yet been independently quantified.