A card-first broker that sends bitcoin straight to your own wallet instead of holding it for you.
Lightning-native app for buying bitcoin and sending it anywhere instantly, with no added fee on transfers.
Strike rates higher on our rubric: 4.6 against 3.9 for Coinmama.
Every row is from the two reviews as of their review dates, with sources on each. A check marks the side a decidable criterion favours; rows without one are information, not a score.
| Fact | Coinmama | Strike |
|---|---|---|
| Editorial rating | 3.9 | 4.6 (favoured on this row) |
| Published fees | Commission plus card surcharge | Fee shown before you confirm |
| Maker fee | Not published | Not published |
| Taker fee | Not published | Not published |
| Identity verification | Required | Required |
| Bitcoin-only | No | Yes |
| Payment rails supported | 34 | 4 |
| Countries ranked in | 144 | 2 |
| Ranks first in | 23 | 1 |
| Countries shared | 1 | 1 |
| Security record | No record on file | 8 dated events, 1 incident, latest 2026-06-30 |
| Founded | 2013 | Not stated |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, Canada (Wellfield Technologies) | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Last reviewed | 2026-08-12 | 2026-08-12 |
Each country guide ranks its own roster on published fees, security record and local payment support, so the two can sit in a different order from one country to the next.
| Country | Status | Coinmama ranks | Strike ranks | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | Legal | #3 | #1 |
Dated events from each review, newest first: breaches, enforcement actions, licences, audits and proof-of-reserves publications. 1 of the 2 carry no dated record on our reviews yet.
Strike Europe authorised under MiCA by the Maltese regulator
NYDFS granted Strike a BitLicense and a money transmitter licence
Withdrawals can now be locked behind passkey or hardware key 2FA
Strike rates higher on our rubric: 4.6 against 3.9 for Coinmama. The rating weighs published fees, security record and local payment support; the table above sets each beside the other so you can check the score against the facts.
Coinmama: Commission plus card surcharge. Strike: Fee shown before you confirm. Those are each platform's published headline rates; card purchases and instant-buy widgets cost more than the order book on both, and each review carries the full schedule.
Both are ranked in our guides for El Salvador. Coinmama is ranked in 144 countries in all and Strike in 2; each country guide ranks its own roster, so the two can sit in a different order from one country to the next.
Coinmama carries no dated security record on our review yet, a gap in our records rather than a clean bill. Strike carries 1 incident among 8 dated events, the latest on 2023-10-30: Customer email list leaked, denied by Strike, then admitted. Both reviews list every event with its source.
Coinmama: required; identity verification is required before your first purchase.. Strike: required; identity verification is required to use the app; requirements vary by country..
The full reviews: Coinmama and Strike, each with its sources, and every exchange we review.
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