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Strike
Best for: Buying + Lightning payments with fiat rails
Custodial app for buying bitcoin and paying over Lightning, with fiat rails and global money transfer in supported countries.
Strike is a custodial app for buying bitcoin and paying over Lightning, with fiat rails and global money transfer in supported countries. It blurs the line between an on-ramp and a payments app.
It is a fit if you want to fund from a bank, spend over Lightning and send cross-border, all in one place, and you’re comfortable with a KYC’d custodial account. It is not self-custody; pair it with a wallet you control for savings, and use Strike for the buying-and-spending flow it does well.
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Quick answers
- Is Strike custodial or self-custody?
- Strike is custodial — the provider holds the keys on your behalf, so you are trusting them with your bitcoin.
- Does Strike require KYC?
- Yes — Strike requires identity verification to use the core product.
- Does Strike support Lightning?
- Strike offers Lightning through the provider (custodial Lightning).
- Is Strike open source?
- Strike is not fully open source (closed or only partially published).
- What platforms does Strike run on?
- Strike runs on iOS, Android, Web.
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