Strike’s new Visa Card allows payments in Bitcoin
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Strike’s new Visa Card allows payments in Bitcoin
Bitcoin[BTC] grew from being extensively associated with the dark web to attainingwidespread adoption. Digitalization took the front stage during the pandemic. The lack of human contacthighlighted the need for digitalization. With more time in hand, the worldveered into the crypto industry. Soon, the demand for the addition of crypto inevery platform surfaced. Strike, a Lightning Network-based crypto paymentsapplication boomed amidst this. Now, further expanding its utility, the firmhas rolled out a brand new Visa card.
Earliertoday, Strike took to Twitter and announced the launch of a Visa Card thatwould ease everyday spending while earning rewards on them.The card wouldreportedly enable direct deposits. In addition to this, users will beallowed to get paid in Bitcoin as well as buy the world’s largestcryptocurrency. This wasn’t all. Further elaborating on the functionsof its imminent card, Strike said,
“Now,you can get your direct deposit, get paid in #Bitcoin, buy #Bitcoin, send andreceive money with friends, spend your money anywhere with Apple Pay and GooglePay, and earn instant rewards while spending, all with no added fees.”While Strike has been making the mostof Bitcoin’s Lightning network, its capacity hit an all-time high. At presstime, the Lightning network capacity of the king coin was at a high of 4531BTC.
Meanwhile,the price of Bitcoin was at $23,926, at press time. The asset recorded a dailydrop of 2.50 percent. Additionally, it should be noted that BTC surged to ahigh of $24,822, just a couple of hours ago.