Jack Mallers


Finance

Bitcoin-Focused Payments App Strike Rolls Out Services to Africa

"Many countries on the continent are grappling with high inflation rates and devaluing currencies, making it challenging for people to save and build wealth," the firm said in a blog post.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Strike Expands Lightning-Powered Cross-Border Payments to Mexico

The company says Mexico is the largest market for remittances from the U.S.

Bandera de México. (Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Moves Custody In-House After Ditching Third-Party Services

The move is a “culmination of over two years of effort,” according to Strike CEO and cofounder Jack Mallers.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike’s Headquarters to Stay in U.S., Despite New El Salvador Office

The company established a headquarters in El Salvador for its global entity as it expanded its app to more than 65 countries last week.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers announcing Strike’s El Salvador headquarters at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Tech

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Expands to More Than 65 Countries From Three

Strike, led by Jack Mallers, currently operates in the U.S. and El Salvador. Now it's pushing into new markets in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and the Caribbean – from Antigua and Barbuda to Vanuatu and Zambia.

Jack Mallers, founder and CEO of the Chicago-based bitcoin payment provider Strike, speaks Friday at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach. (Frederick Munawa)

Videos

Strike CEO on Future of Crypto Regulation

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."

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Videos

Strike CEO on State of Bitcoin, Lightning Network

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.

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Consensus Magazine

Jack Mallers' Strike Service, Send Globally, Tackles Bitcoin-Fiat Remittances

The new Lightning-based service gives foreign workers a new way to send their pay back home quickly and cheaply. That’s why Send Globally is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Finance

Strike CEO: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experience ‘Doesn’t Hurt My Company at All’

Jack Mallers joined CoinDesk TV’s "First Mover" to discuss El Salvador, bitcoin and how the mobile payments app is working to change the payment system for merchants and consumers globally.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M

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.

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