Strike

Strike is a digital payments platform built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network, operated by Zap Solutions, Inc. and headquartered in the United States. It enables users to send money instantly across borders, buy and sell bitcoin, and make micropayments, using Lightning Network infrastructure to settle transactions at low cost and near-instant speed.

Founded in 2020 by Jack Mallers, Strike offers a consumer app and a business API that allow fiat-to-fiat transfers using Bitcoin as an intermediate settlement layer, without requiring the recipient to hold cryptocurrency. The app is available in over 95 countries and supports cross-border transfers to bank accounts and mobile money wallets in remittance corridors including Latin America, Africa, and Europe. Strike raised approximately 90 million USD in funding from investors including General Atlantic and Cantor Fitzgerald.

Strike operates as a custodial service and holds funds on behalf of users. It supports Lightning addresses for peer-to-peer payments, recurring bitcoin purchases, and integrations with third-party services for spending bitcoin via Lightning. Businesses can connect to Strike through its API platform to accept Lightning payments or build payment flows into their products.