Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced at Bitcoin 2022 that the company has partnered with three of the world’s largest payments providers, Shopify, NCR and Blackhawk Network to enable bitcoin payments at stores throughout the country.
The announcement is a major innovation in merchants’ ability to interact with the Bitcoin network and in users’ ability to privately and permissionless make purchases throughout the U.S.
Last year, at Bitcoin 2021, Mallers, alongside President Nayib Bukele, announced that El Salvador would introduce a bill to make bitcoin legal tender, which would later be passed.
After last years’ El Salvador announcement, the industry has been looked to Mallers as a leader in global adoption and development toward nation-state Bitcoin usage.