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Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M
“Enabling a cheaper, faster and open payment network with some of the biggest financial institutions in the world isn’t fast and easy, but it’s happening. Every company that’s in the business of movin...
Jack Mallers’ Strike Launches Visa Card For Bitcoin Payments, Here’s How To Get Yours
Bitcoin evangelist Jack Mallers’ Bitcoin payments app Strike has launched the eagerly awaited Visa card, the company said on Friday. The Strike Visa Card allows users to make direct deposits, pay in B...
3 Lessons From The Oslo Freedom Forum: Bitcoin As A Tool – Mallers, Roem, Fang
The Oslo Freedom Forum delivered some of the most thought-provoking ideas about what makes bitcoin special and valuable beyond mere price. And luckily, the organizers cut these one-minute videos for u...
How To Pay For Groceries Using Bitcoin Lightening? Learn From Strike CEO Jack Mallers
A DeFi lending protocol, Strike enables users to earn interest on their digital assets through the deposit in one of many markets supported by the platform. Mallers first buy some coke and then head o...
Mallers’ Bitcoin payment demo was staged but Chicago store will accept crypto soon
The Chicago convenience store where Strike CEO Jack Mallers bought soda using Bitcoin (BTC) is currently unable to process crypto payments as demonstrated but plans to integrate them soon, a manager a...
Bitcoin 2022 Recap, GA Day 1. Afternoon: Thiel, Salinas, Keiser, Mallers & More
It’s time for another Bitcoin 2022 recap. That fateful afternoon, What Bitcoin Did’s Peter McCormack hosted. It contains the most talked-about panels and keynotes. We have the perspective of two billi...
Walmart, McDonalds To Add Lightning Network To Accept Bitcoin: Jack Mallers
Strike’s Jack Mallers made an announcement that Bitcoin will be accessible through Lightning Network to more than 400,000 storefronts and digital stores. Folks still need to wait a little more to know...
Jack Mallers Announces Strike Partnering With POS Giants To Allow Bitcoin (BTC) Payments at Major Retailers
The CEO of Lightning Network wallet Strike says the payments platform is teaming up with point of sale giants Shopify, NCR and Blackhawk Network to revolutionize the payments industry. In a speech at ...
Strike CEO Jack Mallers announces Shopify partnership, new payment network
Mobile payment app Strike has partnered with Shopify, alternative payment provider Blackhawk Network and point-of-sale supplier NCR to create a new US payment system that allows merchants to quickly r...
“That’s Insane!”: Jack Mallers Announces Strike Integration With Shopify
Key Takeaways Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced a partnership today with Shopify, NCR, and Blackhawk. These announcements would allow many more people to use Bitcoin in place of the credit cards that ...
Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments
“If we can help make the Bitcoin network more accessible and usable we believe we can change the world,” he said. Leveraging Bitcoin as a cheap payments network is critical to that, he said, contrasti...
Samson Mow, Jack Mallers plan major announcements at Bitcoin 2022
Despite the news Wednesday that El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele would be canceling his Thursday appearance, the event agenda still includes speakers who have been actively working to increase bit...
Strike CEO Jack Mallers Explains Bitcoin To Kids On Lily’s Show
Strike CEO Jack Maulers was interviewed on Lily’s Show where he explained bitcoin and what it is in kid-friendly language. Lily’s Show which is hosted by 4-year-old Lily Knight is gradually gaining po...
Does the IMF have beef with Bitcoin? Jack Mallers gives his take
Strike CEO, Jack Mallers gave a presentation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the Bitcoin Lightning Network and its potential to open up cross-border payments. The actual presentatio...