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Zap Announces $3.5 Million Seed Round

After rolling out its Strike app to public beta and partnering with Visa on a debit card, Lightning wallet provider Zap has announced a $3.5 million seed round.

Zap’s Strike Moves to Public Beta

Strike is an application that allows you to transact with Lightning payments with just a debit card or bank account. But, here’s the secret sauce: instead of having to buy bitcoin to load up your Lightning channels, users on Strike never touch BTC.

How the Lightning Network Will Grow Following Bitcoin’s Third Halving

Bitcoin’s third epoch was largely defined by the growth of the Lightning Network. We asked the second layer protocol’s leaders what that growth will look like following the third Halving.

With Strike, Zap Rethinks Its Olympus Fiat-to-Bitcoin Feature

Zap’s Olympus would have let users buy bitcoin with fiat on the Lightning Network. A new feature called Strike changes how this will be done.

Zap’s Olympus Features Fiat-to-Lightning On-Ramp With Direct Wallet Deposits

Zap wallet will soon let you buy bitcoin in the app and deposit the sats directly into your Lightning wallet after each purchase.

Not a Month Into Beta, Lightning Applications Continue to Grow

Just as smart contracts brought DApps to Ethereum’s network, the Lightning Network is primed to bring a host of Lightning apps to Bitcoin.
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