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Strike

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at Bitcoin 2019 in San Francisco.
Finance
Visa
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.
By William Foxley
Jan 6, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 6, 2021
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Russell Okung of the Carolina Panthers
Finance
Bitcoin
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
By William Foxley
Dec 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 29, 2020
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Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk archives)
Finance
Lightning
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)
By JP Koning
Feb 25, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 25, 2020
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