Strike

Strike CEO Jack Mallers reflects on his time at the Bitcoin Policy Summit in Washington and explains why there is a need for U.S. lawmakers to "start protecting what is the most prominent financial market in the world."

May 10, 2023

Strike CEO and founder Jack Mallers joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss the future of the Lightning Network after a recent spike in transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has driven up congestion. Plus, insights on the evolution of the Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider and the progress of the crypto industry in the past decade.

May 10, 2023

Digital payments firm Strike is expanding its international money transfer service that runs on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to the Philippines to tap into the country’s remittance market, which is one of the world’s largest. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the future of bitcoin payments and crypto's use case as a potential tool for financial freedom.

Ene 31, 2023

Tech

Filipinas es ONE de los Mercados de remesas más grandes del mundo, con 35 mil millones de dólares, y Strike dice que utilizará su servicio, impulsado por la red Lightning de la cadena de bloques Bitcoin , para hacer que los pagos internacionales sean más rápidos y más baratos que los disponibles en el sistema financiero tradicional.

By Frederick MunawaEne 31, 2023

Jack Mallers, CEO and founder of Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider Strike, discusses bitcoin as a store of value, use cases of the Bitcoin payments system, and the Lightning Network. Plus, Mallers’ take on El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment and how Strike plans to use its latest $80 million raise.

Set 29, 2022

Jack Mallers, CEO and founder of Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider Strike, discusses why the current market environment is not hurting bitcoin’s (BTC) opportunity as a store of value, saying it “doesn’t matter.”

Set 29, 2022

Strike, a Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider run by crypto entrepreneur Jack Mallers, raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Ten31. Crypto billionaire Jihan Wu, founder of bitcoin mining rig maker Bitmain, is reportedly setting up a $250 million fund to buy distressed assets from mining firms.

Set 27, 2022

Samson Mow, formerly of Blockstream, discusses his start-up business JAN3, and the company’s ambitions to “accelerate hyper-bitcoinization.” He joins “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami to describe his work with nation-states to adopt bitcoin into their financial systems, JAN3’s involvement in El Salvador’s Bitcoin City project, and Strike’s announced partnership with Shopify.

Abr 8, 2022

Finance

El bitcoiner que participó en el anuncio de El Salvador en la conferencia del año pasado se puso filosófico acerca del papel de Bitcoin como red de pagos.

By Danny NelsonAbr 7, 2022

Jack Mallers, Strike CEO and a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021, shares insights into his mission to bank the unbanked that has led him to spread bitcoin adoption across El Salvador.

Dis 8, 2021