(Reuters) -Jack Dorsey-led Block Inc on Thursday reported a loss for the second quarter as a bruising selloff in cryptocurrency markets hurt the fintech company’s earnings from bitcoin trades on its platform.
Bitcoin prices slumped about 36% in the quarter, under pressure from regulatory hurdles, rising interest rates and the Ukraine crisis that have walloped investor appetite for riskier assets.
That sent Block’s bitcoin revenue down 34% to $1.79 billion. Total revenue fell 6% to $4.4 billion.
Net loss attributable to common stockholders came in at $208 million, or 36 cents per share, in the quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of $204 million, or 40 cents per share, a year earlier.
In sharp contrast to Block’s results, rival payments giant PayPal earlier this week reported better-than-expected earnings and raised its annual profit guidance.
(Reporting by Mehnaz Yasmin in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)
