# Dash Kicks Off 2018 With Three Business Partnerships, Teaming Up With Crypto Payments Processor GoCoin, Leading Adtech Firm Strike Social, and Mobile Recharge Provider Piiko Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2018-01-20 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Dash Partners with GoCoin, Strike Social and Piiko for Meta Description: Discover how Dash's latest partnerships enable convenient payments and advertising optimization with leading companies like GoCoin and Strike Social, URL: https://financedigest.com/dash-kicks-off-2018-with-three-business-partnerships-teaming-up-with-crypto-payments-processor-gocoin-leading-adtech-firm-strike-social-and-mobile-recharge-provider-piikohtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/fd200118-13-1736843056954-compressed.jpg) _Integrations and partnerships flood in for the top digital currency for payments_ [Dash](https://www.dash.org/), the top digital currency for payments, today announced partnerships with GoCoin, an e-commerce digital currency payments processor, Strike Social, a leading social media advertising optimization firm and Piiko, a cryptocurrency-powered prepaid phone company. The integration of Dash on GoCoin’s platform allows people to use Dash to pay products and services on popular mainstream websites like Cheapair.com, RE/MAX.com, Movietickets.com and Lionsgate.com. Dash’s partnership with Strike Social means clients looking to optimize their advertising spend on YouTube and other social media platforms can pay for the service in Dash. Strike Social supports clients like XBox, Coca-Cola, and Netflix, and is 17th on Inc. 500’s fastest growing private [companies in the United States](https://www.financedigest.com/australian-state-balks-at-energy-companys-request-for-help-with-lng-import-terminal.html "Australian state balks at energy company’s request for help with LNG import terminal"). Piiko, based in Dubai, will now enable Dash top-ups to people using prepaid mobile phones. CEO of Dash Core Ryan Taylor said, “We are honored to be working with these three great companies, each with their own increasingly important use case. For starters, GoCoin is already a leader in [providing merchant services](https://www.financedigest.com/whats-in-store-for-2016-leading-online-trading-services-provider-easy-forex-reveals-predictions-for-the-new-year.html "WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2016? LEADING ONLINE TRADING SERVICES PROVIDER EASY-FOREX REVEALS PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR") for digital currency, so we believe they’ll make a great partner in helping spread merchant adoption of Dash. They make accepting [digital currency](https://www.financedigest.com/minding-the-gap-the-importance-of-inclusive-financial-strategies-as-digital-currencies-rise.html "Minding The Gap: The importance of inclusive financial strategies as digital currencies rise ") easy, with plug-ins, integrations, and APIs for most major shopping carts from WooCommerce to Shopify. GoCoin provides great service and takes care of everything so that the merchant simply receives a deposit to their [bank account](https://www.financedigest.com/lebanese-bank-closes-over-30-british-held-accounts-after-uk-ruling-depositors-group.html "Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group") for a low 1% fee. Best of all, there are no chargebacks or fraud, which makes GoCoin especially valuable for high-chargeback industries like nutraceuticals, online travel, or dating services among others. We couldn’t be more excited about this addition to the Dash ecosystem.” GoGoin CEO Margot Ritcherer said, “GoCoin was an early pioneer in altcoin payments. We realized early that it was going to be a multi-chain, multi-token world and designed our [systems from the ground up to accommodate new coins as they emerged](https://www.financedigest.com/personal-emergency-response-systems-market.html "Personal Emergency Response Systems Market"). We are working with Dash because we have a high degree of confidence in the Dash team and are fans of the [mining reward formula to support not just the miners](https://www.financedigest.com/growth-of-mineral-processing-and-mining-industrie-is-creating-demand-for-rotary-trommel-market.html "Growth Of Mineral Processing And Mining Industrie Is Creating Demand For Rotary Trommel Market"), but also the healthy ecosystem of service providers. We look at Dash as one of the best and upcoming transactional coins. We have processed over five million transactions with 500 merchants, and we are excited to announce that [people can now buy flights](https://www.financedigest.com/australia-says-it-has-evacuated-26-people-from-afghanistan-in-first-flight.html "Australia says it has evacuated 26 people from Afghanistan in first flight"), movie tickets and houses, amongst many other products and services, using Dash.” Dash’s work with Chicago-based Strike [Social is expected to enhance](https://www.financedigest.com/open-banking-as-a-means-to-enhance-social-commerce-security.html "Open banking as a means to enhance social commerce security") the reach of Dash as an alternative form of payment, particularly for big brands during social media advertising campaigns. Strike Social uses a unique application of [artificial intelligence](https://www.financedigest.com/types-of-artificial-intelligence.html "artificial intelligence") to enhance online advertising, and is now the world’s largest YouTube ad optimization firm and partner in paid social media management for over 500 agencies and brands. Patrick McKenna, Strike Social’s Chairman and co-founder said, “It’s hard to express how labor intensive, painstaking and expensive it is for companies to operate across borders in fiat currencies. The cost to manage a global operation in your own accounting and finance departments is tough, and in most cases, you have to hire local tax specialists in each country to help you stay in compliance with laws to [keep banking](https://www.financedigest.com/bank-of-england-keeps-powder-dry-on-crypto-pockets-of-exuberance.html "Bank of England keeps powder dry on crypto ‘pockets of exuberance’"). Adding Dash as a payment gets us the rest of the world, and with their negligible transaction fees, it’s a homerun for us and our customers. The [global digital ad spend](https://www.statista.com/statistics/237974/online-advertising-spending-worldwide/) is expected to hit $269 billion next year, reaching a total of $335 billion by 2020. “We’ll take the whole thing in Dash if we have to,” McKenna added. Dash’s partnership with Piiko allows users to top-up and pay for mobile phones using Dash. Piiko, which works with over 600 [mobile operators](https://www.financedigest.com/russian-regulator-says-mobile-operator-mts-breached-anti-monopoly-laws.html "Russian regulator says mobile operator MTS breached anti-monopoly laws") across 137 countries, will make it easier for people to pay for their mobile phone without requiring fiat, bank accounts or credit cards, particularly valuable for people living in struggling economies. Bitcoin’s [network congestion is becoming increasingly slow and cost](https://www.financedigest.com/exclusive-with-eye-on-big-tech-energy-crisis-eu-telcos-call-for-shared-network-costs.html "Exclusive-With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs") prohibitive. Dash’s integration, using BlockCypher’s infrastructure, will provide people around the world a faster and more secure alternative to pay for their mobile phones. Taylor said, “When you look at the profile for prepaid mobile users, they tend to lack access to credit or reside in countries where incomes are low. In either case, these are the customers for whom [credit or debit card fee avoidance can make a real](https://www.financedigest.com/how-to-buy-income-producing-real-estate-without-your-own-money-or-credit.html "How to Buy Income-Producing Real Estate Without Your Own Money or Credit") difference. I anticipate Dash will be an extremely popular option on the Piiko service because of Dash’s [low fees and fast transaction times](https://www.financedigest.com/sterling-plunges-to-all-time-low-in-scathing-appraisal-of-fiscal-plan.html "Sterling plunges to all-time low in scathing appraisal of fiscal plan"). The service also makes it much easier for income earners living abroad to make payments to support their [families back](https://www.financedigest.com/back-to-the-land-lebanese-family-turns-to-farming-to-survive-crises.html "Back to the land: Lebanese family turns to farming to survive crises") home, and ensure they can maintain communication with their family members. Lastly, Piiko makes it easy for travelers to top up their [services from anywhere, either to pay for temporary services while traveling, or for their mobile services back](https://www.financedigest.com/tesco-says-online-services-back-up-after-interference-attempt.html "Tesco says online services back up after interference ‘attempt’") home.” Piiko founder Sergey Yusupov said, “Top-ups through Piiko bypass the typical 3-5% fees that are charged to the consumer when using similar [services powered by credit](https://www.financedigest.com/credit-agricole-and-caceis-to-buy-rbc-investor-services-europe-unit.html "Credit Agricole and CACEIS to buy RBC Investor Services’ Europe unit") cards. Best of all, Piiko is safe, reliable, and the users needn’t [risk identity theft like they would when using a credit card](https://www.financedigest.com/iran-deal-a-wild-card-for-oil-market-strained-by-supply-risks-reuters-poll.html "Iran deal a wild card for oil market strained by supply risks – Reuters poll"). We are very excited to integrate Dash as a form of payment for our [growing](https://www.financedigest.com/walk-in-coolers-and-freezers-market-preference-for-customized-and-smart-machines-growing.html "Walk-in Coolers and Freezers Market: Preference for Customized and Smart Machines Growing") number of customers.” --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---