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Apr 2021

1h 5m

SLP269 Jack Mallers - Bitcoin Wins Becau...

About this episode

Jack Mallers of Strike rejoins me on the show to talk about what he’s working on and how Bitcoin wins. We chat:

Visiting El Salvador and financial access
Bitcoin remittance market
Why fiat fintech can’t compete
Bitcoin and Lightning as an open network
Strike expansion

Jack Mallers links:

Twitter: @jackmallers
Strike: @ln_strike
Site: Stri ke.me

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