Strike Announces Africa Expansion

• "Today, we are launching Strike Africa, expanding our full suite of Bitcoin products and services into Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia with more African markets to come in the future," announced Jack Mallers in a blog post.

This includes:

• Strike Africa: The Strike App. "The Strike App now offers major on & off ramps, buy & sell bitcoin, buy & sell USDT, on-chain payments, a full-service Lightning Network wallet, global P2P payments, and more in Gabon, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, with more markets in Africa to come."

Strike customers in Africa can do the following in supported markets:

• Buy & sell bitcoin
• Buy & sell USDT
• Send & receive on-chain payments with a free on-chain withdrawal option
• Send & receive Lightning Network payments with bitcoin
• Send & receive Lightning Network payments with USDT
• Receive payments to their Lightning Address as bitcoin
• Receive payments to their Lightning Address as USDT
• In-app shopping over the Lightning Network with their bitcoin
• In-app shopping over the Lightning Network with their USDT
• P2P Strike users around the world with bitcoin
• P2P Strike users around the world with USDT
• Conduct fast and cheap cross-border payments
• Cash out to local currency
• Strike Africa: Businesses, API, and Private. "Businesses can officially open accounts in our supported African regions! We support two primary use cases for businesses in Africa: Buying Bitcoin & USDT and Cross-border Payments.
  • "If you’re a business looking to buy bitcoin, USDT, or make cross-border payments, feel free to reach out to us at onboarding@strike.me."
• API. Developers and businesses can now open a Strike API account and get access to:
  • BTC, USD, USDT
  • Bitcoin infrastructure
  • On-chain payments
  • Lightning Network payments
  • Exchanging currencies (BTC/USD, etc)
  • Sending fiat currencies over Lightning (USD, USDT, etc)
  • Receiving fiat currencies over Lightning (USD, USDT, etc)

"A great example of the Strike API in the wild is Primal. Primal uses the Strike API to power their Bitcoin wallets, Lighting payments, Lightning Addresses, fiat onboarding, and BTC currency exchange."

• Private. "With Strike Private, eligible clients get access to our leading Bitcoin infrastructure with no purchase limits, tailored custom pricing, and our team of Bitcoin experts."

Check out the full announcement below:

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