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Bitcoin Payments Company Strike Launches BTC-Backed Loans
By: decrypt|2025/05/07 07:45:01
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Bitcoin Payments Company Strike Launches BTC-Backed Loans Bitcoin-based payments company Strike is allowing customers to get loans using the top cryptocurrency as collateral. In brief Payments service Strike allows customers to buy, sell, and trade Bitcoin. The company is now giving loans to eligible customers who use their Bitcoin as collateral. Eligible U.S. customers can get 12-month loans starting at a minimum of $75,000, and capped at $2 million. Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Bitcoin -backed loans are now available for Strike's American customers, the payment app's CEO announced Tuesday. Strike boss Jack Mallers posted a video on X explaining the new service. Customers from a total of 26 U.S. states are eligible to secure loans starting from between $75,000 to $100,000, depending on the state, the firm's website says. Mallers said that the service will soon be available in other regions, including Europe. Announcing Strike Lending You shouldn’t have to sell the best-performing asset in human history to access cash. Now you don't have to. Access your bitcoin wealth without selling it. Build a better life on top of bitcoin with @Strike . Borrow fiat. HODL #bitcoin . pic.twitter.com/t3SqVeu8fq — Jack Mallers (@jackmallers) May 6, 2025 "You shouldn't have to sell the best-performing asset in human history to access cash," said Mallers. "Now you don't have to." The idea is that Strike customers will be able to receive loans with at least 12% APR, using Bitcoin as collateral. Individuals and companies seeking larger loans of over $2 million will also be eligible when assessed, Mallers said. Strike is a digital payments company that allows users to send, receive, and trade the biggest cryptocurrency. Mallers is also the CEO of Twenty One , a new Bitcoin treasury company that will be formed via SPAC merger with backing from Tether, Bitfinex, Cantor Fitzgerald, and SoftBank. Strike was El Salvador's partner for its Bitcoin project, helping install the infrastructure for Salvadorans to spend their cryptocurrency. El Salvador in 2021 became the first country to make accepting Bitcoin legal tender. It has since scrapped that law following after the International Monetary Fund asked it to roll back the policy under a $1.4 billion loan agreement. However, the country's president Nayib Bukele is continuing to buy up the asset. Edited by Andrew Hayward Daily Debrief Newsletter
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