Two views of the same simple process: what your employees experience, and what running it looks like for your company.
Employees opt in through a link built into your existing new-hire process. They pick a flat dollar amount or a percentage of net pay, as low or as high as they like, and can change or stop it anytime.
Each payday, their chosen amount is set aside post-tax, right alongside the rest of payroll. Nothing for the employee to remember or time.
Astra purchases Bitcoin with the contributions and it lands in the employee's own wallet, usually the same day, dollar-cost averaged over time. The wallet is secured by Coinbase in the background. Behind the scenes they accumulate cbBTC, a Coinbase token redeemable 1:1 for Bitcoin that converts to native Bitcoin when they withdraw or sell.
Employees never need to log in to an exchange. They watch their balance, their performance over time, and every transaction in one clean place, right in the Astra app. Coinbase secures it all in the background, and Astra Academy explains Bitcoin in plain English whenever they want to go deeper.
Employees who already have a personal wallet can enter their own address, so each paycheck's allocation flows directly into their self-custody wallet and bypasses the platform entirely. Full ownership from day one.
Keep stacking for as long as they like. The only time an employee leaves Astra is to sell for cash or withdraw to a personal wallet, which happens securely on Coinbase with step-by-step Astra guides.
A one-time setup gets your company live on the platform and configures how employees enroll.
A report is set up at your payroll provider that runs automatically each cycle. You download it and upload it to Astra, or automate the handoff entirely through API or SFTP. Astra provides API access at no cost, so if your payroll vendor can support it, the whole exchange runs hands-free. It works with any payroll system.
Employees' post-tax contributions are combined and your company sends the total to Astra. Astra purchases Bitcoin and distributes it to each employee's wallet, usually the same day.
Send funds by standard transfer, or, if your company holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase business account, fund employee wallets directly from that instead of a bank.
Custody, identity verification, and compliance run on Coinbase, one of the most scrutinized names in the industry. Astra is the bridge. Coinbase is the engine.
A few things worth knowing as we launch in 2026:
Purchases happen on the payroll cycle. One-time or off-cycle buys outside of payroll are not available yet.
Selling and withdrawals happen on Coinbase. They take place outside the Astra app, and we provide guides and support to make it simple.
Identity verification comes at withdrawal or sale. Getting started needs only an email. An employee provides full details to Coinbase if and when they move or sell their Bitcoin.
Join the waitlist, or request more info for a closer look at the process.
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