Strike in the United States
- Rank in the United States
- #6 of 8
- Bitcoin in the United States
- Legal
- Our rating
- 4.6
- Review updated
- 2026-08-12
Yes. Strike serves the United States and ranks sixth of the 8 exchanges in our the United States guide, on fees, security record and local payment support. Here it takes ACH transfer, Wire transfer and Debit card; ACH transfer is the rail local buyers lead with. No added fee on sending bitcoin or money transfers; buying bitcoin carries a fee shown before you confirm, varying by market and purchase size. Identity verification is required to use the app; requirements vary by country.
How to pay on Strike in the United States
The deposit rails Strike offers to buyers in the United States, from our the United States guide reviewed 2026-08-23. Each one links to how that rail works here.
What Strike charges, and what it asks for
No added fee on sending bitcoin or money transfers; buying bitcoin carries a fee shown before you confirm, varying by market and purchase size.
- spread note
- Purchase pricing is shown upfront in the app; there is no single flat public rate across markets.
- withdrawal note
- Withdrawals to your own wallet are supported over Lightning and on-chain.
Identity verification
Required. Identity verification is required to use the app; requirements vary by country.
Strike's security and regulatory record
8 dated events on our record since 2021, 2 of them breaches, enforcement actions, insolvencies or outages. Newest first.
- Licence
Strike Europe authorised under MiCA by the Maltese regulator
- Licence
NYDFS granted Strike a BitLicense and a money transmitter licence
- Resolved
Withdrawals can now be locked behind passkey or hardware key 2FA
- Licence
Europe opened on a Polish VASP registration, not an EU licence
- Breach
Customer email list leaked, denied by Strike, then admitted
Is bitcoin legal in the United States?
Bitcoin is legal throughout the United States. Oversight is split among the SEC, the CFTC, FinCEN for anti-money-laundering, and state money transmission regulators, with New York's BitLicense the best-known state regime. The federal picture clarified sharply from 2025 onward: the SEC dropped its enforcement case against Coinbase, the GENIUS Act signed in July 2025 established a federal framework for payment stablecoins, and a March 2025 executive order created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Strike by state in the United States
51 state rows from our state guides, 1 of them verified against the operator's own page. Each state opens the Strike page for it: availability, the caveat where there is one, the source, and the rails it takes there. Every state compared.
Available51 states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Every exchange we rank in the United States
Ranked by our editorial review of fees, security record and local payment support. Rankings are never sold.
| # | Exchange | Rating | Fees | ID check | Pays with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase | 4.5 | Maker-taker on Advanced Trade | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer, Debit card, PayPal |
| 2 | Kraken | 4.7 | From 0.25% maker, 0.40% taker | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer, Debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal |
| 3 | Gemini | 4.4 | 0.5% + flat fee on easy buys | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer, Debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal |
| 4 | River | 4.6 | Free recurring, 1.2% one-off | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer |
| 5 | Swan Bitcoin | 4.4 | About 0.99% per purchase | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer |
| 6 | StrikeThis page | 4.6 | Fee shown before you confirm | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer, Debit card |
| 7 | Binance.US | 3.9 | 0% maker, 0.02% taker | Required | ACH transfer, Wire transfer |
| 8 | CEX.IO | 4.0 | Maker-taker; card costs more | Required | ACH transfer, Debit card |
Frequently asked questions
Is Strike available in the United States?
Yes. Strike ranks sixth of the 8 exchanges in our the United States guide, ranked on fees, security record and local payment support. Here it takes ACH transfer, Wire transfer and Debit card; ACH transfer is the rail local buyers lead with. Our the United States guide was last reviewed 2026-08-23 and the Strike review on 2026-08-12.
What payment methods does Strike accept in the United States?
In the United States, Strike takes ACH transfer, Wire transfer and Debit card. These are the localized rails from our the United States guide, not the platform's global list.
What does Strike charge?
No added fee on sending bitcoin or money transfers; buying bitcoin carries a fee shown before you confirm, varying by market and purchase size.
Does Strike require identity verification?
Yes. Identity verification is required to use the app; requirements vary by country. Our record marks this as the platform's own policy rather than a the United States rule, so it applies wherever Strike operates.
Is bitcoin legal in the United States?
Bitcoin is legal throughout the United States. Oversight is split among the SEC, the CFTC, FinCEN for anti-money-laundering, and state money transmission regulators, with New York's BitLicense the best-known state regime.
Has Strike had security incidents or regulatory action?
Our record for Strike lists 8 dated events since 2021: 1 enforcement action, 1 breach, 4 licences, 1 audit and 1 resolved case. The most recent, on 2026-06-30: Strike Europe authorised under MiCA by the Maltese regulator. Each event carries a source on the Strike review.
Strike elsewhere in North America
Strike ranks in 2 countries on this site. the review lists all of them.
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