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Jack Mallers' Strike Rolls Out Bitcoin Buys, Going Head-to-Head With Coinbase
“Your move, Brian Armstrong, come play basketball in my court,” says Strike’s CEO.
By
Christie Harkin
Marc Hochstein
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Jul 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 1, 2021
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President of El Salvador Says He’s Submitting Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
An emotional Jack Mallers announced the news at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.
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Zack Seward
Danny Nelson
Colin Harper
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Jun 5, 2021 at 8:51 p.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2021
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Sean Culkin, Latest NFL Player to Announce Bitcoin Salary, Cut From Chiefs
The tight end's tenure in Kansas City ended before it even began.
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Zack Seward
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May 10, 2021 at 10:20 p.m. UTC
May 10, 2021
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Chiefs Tight End Sean Culkin to Convert Entire NFL Salary Into Bitcoin
The fifth-year player will use Zap’s Strike to take his entire base salary of $920,000 in what Culkin said was “the hardest form of currency.”
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Danny Nelson
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Apr 26, 2021 at 12:46 p.m. UTC
Apr 26, 2021
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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.”
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William Foxley
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Jan 6, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 6, 2021
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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.
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William Foxley
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Dec 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 29, 2020
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Lightning Startup Zap Raised $3.5M for Bitcoin App Ahead of Visa Deal
The Lightning startup Zap Inc. just raised its first round to build out both mobile bitcoin wallet services and a Visa partnership in 2020.
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Leigh Cuen
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Jul 16, 2020 at 8:26 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2020
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Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa
Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.
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Leigh Cuen
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Jul 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 2, 2020
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Bitcoin Shopping Gets a Boost From Social Distancing
State-imposed quarantines and policies set to work-from-home are boosting bitcoin-based shopping.
By
Daniel Kuhn
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Mar 13, 2020 at 3:01 p.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2020
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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.
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JP Koning
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Feb 25, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 25, 2020
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