Speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on Thursday, Strike CEO Jack Mallers, said his ‘King’s Gambit’ is bringing Bitcoin back to its payments roots as he announced a number of eye-catching partnerships.
Mallers revealed that Strike is now partners with NCR (NCR), the globe’s largest point-of-sale (POS) supplier, and payments firm Blackhawk. The CEO also informed the public of a Strike integration with ecommerce giant Shopify, something he hinted at in February of this year.
Mallers said:
“If we can help make the Bitcoin network more accessible and usable we believe we can change the world.
There’s not been since 1949 a superior payments network that allows us to innovate for consumers. Let’s build the superior payments network from scratch.”
A Strike press release stated about the Shopify integration:
“Strike’s integration enables Shopify merchants to diversify their existing payment options and reach untapped global markets and purchasing power. Strike’s integration also allows Shopify merchants to generate savings through low-cost payment processing. By instantly converting bitcoin (BTC) payments to dollars, Strike removes certain complexities merchants face in holding bitcoin.”
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Mallers also told the Miami crowd that the United States’ competitiveness is at stake and that Bitcoin has an important role to play in it:
“This is about America and we need to protect our ability to innovate.”
He added that he has been involved with Wyoming’s bitcoin-loving Sen. Cynthia Lummis, working on legislation:
“I’ve also been working with policymakers to ensure that we have the right to build freely in this country.”