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Bitcoin Firm Strike Lands NYDFS Bitlicense, Expands Bitcoin App to New York Users

DIGIT — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:16:32 +0000

Strike has secured a New York Bitlicense and a Money Transmitter License from the New York State Department of Financial Services, allowing the bitcoin payments platform to offer its services to residents and businesses across the state. The company, founded by Jack Mallers and operated under Chicago-based Zap Solutions Inc., announced the approval on March […]

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Top Football Prospect to Be Paid in Bitcoin After Cinching College Contract

DIGIT — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:30:14 +0000

The 2025 Polynesian Bowl All-Star signed with the University of Southern California and will use payments app Strike to receive a portion of his compensation in bitcoin (BTC). Newly Signed USC Linebacker Opts for Bitcoin Matai Tagoa’i one of the top college football prospects in the country recently signed a “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) […]

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Bitcoin hits a new all-time high of $105K, gaining 20% in the last month

DIGIT — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:53:16 +0000

It comes as the Federal Reserve is expected to go ahead with a rate cut next week, rumors that Trump may use Bitcoin as a US reserve asset from “day one” and more.

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Are spot Bitcoin ETF options traders really expecting a $176K BTC price?

DIGIT — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:38:59 +0000

BlackRock’s IBIT BTC options launch was a success, but how realistic are traders’ high six-figure Bitcoin price expectations?

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Hollywood video game performers go on strike, citing AI ‘abuse’

DIGIT — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:26:00 +0000

The American labor union has been trying for 18 months to get a clause preventing publishers from making AI-generated versions of their actors’ work without their consent.

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Strike Expands Bitcoin and Lightning Services to the UK

DIGIT — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:13:55 +0000

Strike has announced its expansion into the United Kingdom. This move allows individuals and businesses in the UK to access Strike’s suite of Bitcoin and Lightning Network services. The features include buying, selling, sending, and withdrawing bitcoin, global payments, and more. The company’s founder, Jack Mallers, believes that bitcoin can solve some of the world’s […]

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New senate bill proposes to punish makers of AI-generated deepfakes

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:20:30 +0000

The proposed act came just hours after talks broke down between actors and Hollywood studios, with AI replicas a major friction point in negotiations.

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Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Network-Enabled Money Transfers to Africa

DIGIT — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 22:30:21 +0000

United States-based users of Strike, a digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, can now transfer funds instantly and at a low cost to Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria via the recently added new feature known as “Send Globally.” The new feature instantly converts the funds to local currencies prior to moving them to recipients’ […]

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Lightning to strike Shopify merchants with addition of BTC payments

DIGIT — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 05:02:07 +0000

Jack Mallers announced the new integration today at the Bitcoin 2022 conference and hopes to give more people access to what he sees as a better monetary system.

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Bitpay Adds Lightning Network, Youth Fashion Brand Pacsun to Accept Payments via Lightning

DIGIT — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 05:30:17 +0000

On April 6, one of the largest cryptocurrency payment platforms in the world, Bitpay, announced the Atlanta-based company has integrated bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the youth-focused American retail clothing brand Pacific Sunwear (Pacsun) will be the first merchant to leverage Bitpay to accept Lightning Network payments. Payment […]

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