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by _iswk 6y ago
I'm not aware of any alternative. Hopefully the global launch is not too far away.
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by _iswk 6y ago
I'm not sure I understand your criticism. The USD is used to buy BTC. The BTC is then sold for EUR. There's no Forex trade, not directly at least.
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by _iswk 6y ago
From the article: > Strike maintains a live Forex rate and compares that to its own rate before every transaction. However, in our testing, a Strike international transfer has never been done at an unfavorable exchange rate when compared
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by _iswk 6y ago
I thought this was Hacker News? What does the personal style of the founder have to do with the technology? The app has already launched in the US and you can use it if you live there. Global launch is coming soon - they're running a t
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by _iswk 6y ago
No doubt. But that also applies to the legacy financial system. It's just much more difficult to calculate.
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by _iswk 6y ago
Again, and I hate to keep repeating myself, but this is not true and just shows that people are not doing their research and/or they're stuck in 2016. Strike ( https://global.strike.me ) has built a product in which they
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by _iswk 6y ago
This is not true. I'm sorry to post this twice but it's relevant to the discussion and also an answer to the OP. Strike ( https://global.strike.me ) has built a product in which they use Bitcoin and the Lightning Network
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Tether and Bitfinex Reach Settlement with New York Attorney General’s Office(tether.to)
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Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment(cnbc.com)
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Bitcoin Surges to $37K After Elon Musk Adds Crypto to Twitter Bio(coindesk.com)
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