Western Union and Coinbase are great for what they do, but they both have their limitations. Western Union is expensive and slow, while Coinbase can be expensive and has been known to be unreliable in the past. Enter Strike. Strike is a new app that combines the best of Western…

…and how does the Strike payment app utilize the Lightening Network to send money for free? Why do “rails” matter to you related to sending money and payments? A payment rail is a payment system or network that moves money from a payer to a payee. Either party could be…

Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike is a phenom when it comes to payments and remittance. Further, he is acutely aware of the archaic ways that the financial system has been built and where the pitfalls are with new decentralized payment infrastructure creeping ever-so-closely to everyday utilization. In the last…

Today, on April 7, 2022 the number one DTC retail platform, Shopify and the largest point-of-sale (POS) provider, NCR announced their adoption of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to accept in-store and online payments. The announcement underscores the growing adoption of the Lightning Network with previous integrations by Cash App (Block), Square…

If you’re anything like me your experience with Helium mining has resembled something similar to my own, regardless of when you started. I started mining with 1 miner in March of 2021. The rewards were great but they diminished every month as more miners joined the Network. I optimized performance…

Until now, the Helium Network token has been available to stake in two ways: Full node — requiring 10,000 HNT and some technical no-how. Partial stake — where you contribute a minimum amount or up to nearly as much as you want into a pool of HNT, staking as a…

ExpressVPN vs. Deeper Network DVPN vs. NordVPN vs. Avast SecureLine VPN Crypto enthusiasts are known fans of VPNs. Naturally there are heightened concerns around moving ‘money’ that might put your privacy and security of your accounts at risk. These are just two of the primary reasons why there has been…

Watch the 2022 Super Bowl LVI crypto ads — With more and more players across the NFL and other major league sports electing to be paid in Bitcoin [BTC] (via the Strike Payments app) and the notoriety that brings via the news, we expect continued mass visibility around around cryptocurrencies and sports. With sports fans being twice as likely…

Major League Baseball (MLB) with FTX National Basketball Association (NBA) with Coinbase Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) with Crypto.com Formula One World Championship (F1) with Crypto.com Drone Racing League (DRL) with Algorand Italy’s Serie A Club partnership with Binance We can thank the increasing awareness of buying, trading and selling Bitcoin…