For anyone in Europe looking for a new home for their bitcoin, we'd love to earn your business.
Strike is licensed under MiCA, bitcoin-only, and offers free bitcoin withdrawals to self-custody.
We're committed to building the best possible bitcoin experience for Europeans, for the long term.
🇪🇺 BINANCE WILL CLOSE EU ACCOUNTS ON DEC. 31 AND CHARGE A MONTHLY FEE ON ANYTHING LEFT BEHIND
Binance says affected accounts "will be closed with effect from 31 December 2026" after the EU's MiCA transition period ended without the exchange getting a license.
Customers of Binance France and Binance Italy have been emailed. Users in Poland and Spain say they got the same notice. Deposits are blocked, and withdrawals still work.
From Nov. 29, crypto left on those accounts will be charged 0.025% a month or 10 USDC, whichever is higher, according to the emails. Anyone holding less than $40,000 pays the flat 10 USDC, and balances smaller than the fee are taken in full.
Binance says it is still pursuing a MiCA license in another EU country.
Starting today, adding a new auto-withdrawal address or turning off your PIN on Strike takes five days.
Here's why we keep building in this direction:
Bitcoin is final. There's no chargeback, no fraud department, no way to clawback sats that have been sent. That finality is what makes it sound money but it means security has to happen before your bitcoin moves, not after.
Most losses in bitcoin come from rushed moments: a convincing email, an urgent request, a setting changed in a hurry.
So we build security around two ideas:
First, you should always be able to verify it's really us. Every email from Strike carries an anti-phishing code only you know. No code? It's not us.
Second, the moments that matter most should be slow, and everything else should be instant. Strengthening your account happens immediately. Anything that weakens it, like turning off 2FA, turning off your PIN, etc, takes five days, with an option to cancel the whole time. Nobody can skip the delay, including us.
Underneath that sits everything else on your account: passkey and security key login, PIN or Face ID to open the app, 2FA on withdrawals, withdrawal limits you set yourself, and the ability to see and log out of every device from anywhere. If you use an authenticator app, you can now upgrade to a passkey without turning 2FA off first.
One more thing and maybe the most important thing:
You can withdraw your bitcoin to self-custody anytime, for free. A company that makes it hard to leave is demanding your trust. Strike makes leaving free because we spend every day earning your trust.
Take two minutes today: switch to a passkey, set a withdrawal limit, find your anti-phishing code, and check your device list.
Stay safe out there.
Last week, the Strike team was on the ground in Europe with our CEO @jackmallers, meeting customers, listening to feedback, and learning how we can keep making Strike better.
There's nothing better than hearing directly from the people you build for.
Now back to building.
Hello Europe 🇪🇺
We’re at @bitcoinconfams all weekend long.
Stop by our booth, say hi, ask questions, and meet the bitcoiners building Strike.
We’d love to meet you!
You can earn sats for doing nothing.
Deposit cash onto Strike, opt-in to interest on cash, and you start earning 3.6% interest on that cash, paid in bitcoin.
That's it.
Just got my interest paid on cash deposited into my account from @Strike! 10x what my old bank account paid and it’s in BTC! @jackmallers this is by far my favourite feature you guys have shipped!
18 years ago today, someone by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto shared a paper with a cryptography mailing list.
That paper went on to change the world as we know it.
Thank you, Satoshi. 🎃
strike.me/bitcoin.pdf
As a reminder, Strike gives you tools to protect your account:
- Passkey and security key login 2FA
- 2FA for protected actions like withdrawals
- Custom bitcoin withdrawal limits
- Five-day delays to weaken security protections
- Anti-phishing codes
- Remote device management
- Free bitcoin withdrawals to self-custody
- PIN / FaceID to unlock a signed-in app
Security is foundational to Strike and it should be foundational to you as well. Please take a moment to review your security setup with Strike and make sure your account is as protected as it can be!
For more information on how Strike safeguards your bitcoin and protects customer funds please visit
strike.me/hold
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In 2026, we’ve shipped one major feature every 1,200 blocks mined.
Bitcoin still has a long way to go to mass adoption. We’re working to speed it up.
You can now verify our proof of work at strike.me/updates.
Scroll through our ever-growing timeline of product releases.
The dollars in your savings account aren’t saving you anything. They’re actively funding everyone who owns assets instead of cash.
With Strike’s interest on cash product, that same idle cash earns you bitcoin.
Learn more about interest on cash here:
strike.me/blog/introducing-b…
What does a mocktail bar have in common with a pool cleaner, an independent physician, and a Peruvian clothing store?
They all started banking on bitcoin this week.
New businesses on Strike:
- AI project collaboration platform
- Independent physician
- Live audio engineering
- Mocktail bar
- Multimedia publishing company
- Pool cleaning services
Every type of business is waking up to the idea that Bitcoin is essential to their operations.
There will never be more than 21 million bitcoin.
Position accordingly.
Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10.
Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years.
Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.
