Strike


Finance

Bitcoin Lightning Startup Zap Goes Global, Adding Multiple Fiat Pairs, Stablecoins

Visa partner Strike is adding support for multiple fiat currency pairs plus stablecoins as part of its journey to become a “Bitcoin neo-bank.”

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at Bitcoin 2019 in San Francisco.

Finance

Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Okung’s $13 million salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.

Russell Okung of the Carolina Panthers

Finance

Lightning Solves Bitcoin's Speed Problem, but Watch Out for Fraudsters

Lightning-based fiat-bitcoin systems could popularize crypto payments, as long as fraud and bitcoin's non-reversibility don't get in the way.

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk archives)

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