{"id":473874,"date":"2021-10-15T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=473874"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:59:32","slug":"strike-convert-salaries-to-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/strike-convert-salaries-to-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Launches New Feature To Allow Users Convert Salaries To Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Payments processor Strike has announced the launch of a new feature that will allow users to convert their paychecks to bitcoin. This feature brings workers one step closer to collecting their paychecks in bitcoin. Instead of the employer paying out wages and salaries in BTC, employees can take the paychecks they receive and convert them to cryptocurrency in one easy step.<\/p>\n
Strike is enabling users to convert all or some of their paychecks into BTC. Instead of cashing into fiat and then having to change back to BTC, users can directly convert to BTC using the paycheck that they receive. The feature is known as \u201cPay Me in Bitcoin\u201d was announced on Thursday and is one of Strike\u2019s efforts to make BTC readily available to its users.<\/p>\n
Related Reading |\u00a0Why We Could See The First Approved U.S. Bitcoin ETF In October<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Strike is best known for helping El Salvador in their journey to bitcoin adoption, but they are also a bitcoin-focused payments processor that allows users to receive and pay in BTC. And with the new feature, get paid in BTC with no hassles.<\/p>\n Strike completely bypasses the need for employers to adopt and start paying their employees in cryptocurrencies. Instead giving employees the power to decide if they would rather convert their paychecks to fiat currency or cryptocurrencies. This also means that employees are not limited by the payments options their employers use. It doesn\u2019t matter the company individuals work for, they can choose to have their paychecks deposited in bitcoin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Strike\u2019s announcement of the \u201cPay Me in Bitcoin\u201d feature comes only a few weeks after Coinbase launched a similar feature. In the announcement post<\/a>, Coinbase shared that customers were now able to deposit their paychecks directly to cryptocurrencies to ease their trading activities and just like Strike, streamline the process of users converting their money to cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n The feature has been welcome in the crypto space as investors can now decide to deposit their full paycheck or a portion of it into their cryptocurrency tradings accounts. Customers could also choose to deposit their paychecks directly to U.S. dollars on Coinbase, which they can then use to carry out their trading activities on the platform.<\/p>\nBTC price trading above $61,300 | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Following The Lead Of Coinbase<\/h2>\n