Exchanges For Bitcoin And Lightning from Fiat
[edit sep 2024 – mt. pelerin has an api we can use. Not sure if it can be used to set up the regular payments. But probably.]
So far we have one definitely ok exchange (mt pelerin) and one untried but promising exchange (strike). Both allow you to exchange up to 1000 dollars without having to do KYC nonsense. It’s fairly easy to do so we can ask sponsors to use them.
We will only list here exchanges where you can easily exchange and if you want to you can also send a regular amount to an address.
Mt Pelerin - We've used them a few times now and they are prompt. As soon as they get the bank transfer they send the btc over lightning to your account. The support is helpful and done by people with at least an IQ of 100 which is much better than most "support".
They also have a feature to send regular amounts from your bank.
https://www.mtpelerin.com/
Strike - This is mobile-only. It's also bank transfer only whereas Mt Pelerin also does cards. But cards add on another 5% in fees to that's no use anyway. This is being tried out now so we will update when we know how good they are.
https://strike.me/