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Jack Mallers

Strike CEO on Recent Bitcoin Turbulence
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Strike CEO on Recent Bitcoin Turbulence
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 st...
Strike CEO on Recent Bitcoin Turbulence
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 29, 2022 at 4:21 p.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2022
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Jack Mallers on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment
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Jack Mallers on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment
September marks the one-year anniversary of El Salvador adopting bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. Jack Mallers, the Chicago-based company executive known for helping El Salvador...
Jack Mallers on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 29, 2022 at 4:21 p.m. UTC
Sep 29, 2022
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Strike Raises $80M; Bitmain Founder Reportedly Setting Up $250M Fund for Distressed Bitcoin Mining Assets
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Strike Raises $80M; Bitmain Founder Reportedly Setting Up $250M Fund for Distressed Bitcoin Mining Assets
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...
Strike Raises $80M; Bitmain Founder Reportedly Setting Up $250M Fund for Distressed Bitcoin Mining Assets
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 27, 2022 at 7:46 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2022
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Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M
Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wyoming were among the investors in the Series B funding round.
Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Oliver Knight
Sep 27, 2022 at 1:37 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2022
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Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments
The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.
Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Danny Nelson
Apr 7, 2022 at 9:04 p.m. UTC
Apr 7, 2022
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Strike App Won’t Support Bitcoin in Argentina
The company trumpeted its expansion into Argentina earlier this week, but the Lightning Network-powered app is only supporting Tether’s stablecoin in the country.
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By Andrés Engler
Jan 14, 2022 at 10:52 p.m. UTC
Jan 14, 2022
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Strike Launches Bitcoin Payment Services in Argentina to Kick-Start Latin American Expansion
The company plans to expand into Brazil and Colombia in 2022.
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By Andrés Engler
Jan 11, 2022 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2022
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Construction workers, who are paid in Bitcoin, work on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on Monday, June 14, 2021. El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.
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Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man Who Designed It
Samson Mow reveals the fast-moving process behind a radical financial experiment.
Construction workers, who are paid in Bitcoin, work on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on Monday, June 14, 2021. El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.
By David Z. Morris
Dec 16, 2021 at 7:27 p.m. UTC
Dec 16, 2021
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Strike CEO Jack Mallers on El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption
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Strike CEO Jack Mallers on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption
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 adop...
Strike CEO Jack Mallers on El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption
By CoinDesk Staff
Dec 8, 2021 at 4:47 p.m. UTC
Dec 8, 2021
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(“The Last Confirmation” - a collaboration between Norman & Robness/CoinDesk)
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Most Influential 2021: Jack Mallers
The CEO of Bitcoin payments app Strike helped birth El Salvador’s BTC move this year. He still sees himself as a “pleb,” not an influencer.
(“The Last Confirmation” - a collaboration between Norman & Robness/CoinDesk)
By David Z. Morris
Dec 8, 2021 at 2:49 p.m. UTC
Dec 8, 2021
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