Bitcoin App Strike In Argentina: Under The Hood

Bitcoin App Strike In Argentina: Under The Hood

The Lightning payments app’s launch in the South American country was received with some confusion.The launch of the Lightning payments app Strike in Argentina generated a lot of confusion on Twitter after customers started downloading and using it to find out they didn’t get an actual Bitcoin wallet. Despite the muddiness, however, the Strike launch there resembles the same dynamic the company resorted to in its first iteration in El Salvador, as it also uses the USDT stablecoin to represent U.S. dollars and interacts with Bitcoin and Lightning without holding a BTC balance.Strike’s....


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