Strike Launches In El Salvador
Lightning Network payments app Strike is now available to users in El Salvador, giving them access to a next-gen remittances system.Lightning Network payments app Strike is now available on the App Store and Google Play Store to customers based in El Salvador, according to a release shared with Bitcoin Magazine.“Launching in El Salvador as our first non-U.S. market was a strategic move,” Strike founder Jack Mallers said in the release. “No other fintech company can launch and operate in a market like this. This is only possible because Strike is built on Bitcoin, the world’s first open....
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