Crypto · Cards
Spend crypto with a card.
A Visa card from our issuing partner, funded from your crypto balance. High limits set by the issuer, and usable wherever the card network is accepted.
- Virtual and physical
- Limits set by the issuer
- Issuer runs its own checks
Example balance and spends. The issuer's card design may differ.
The card
The card, in detail.
What the issuer's programme offers, in plain words. The issuer's terms are the final word.
- Network
- Visa. Usable wherever the card network is accepted, online and in shops, subject to the issuer's rules.
- Card types
- Virtual, and physical where the issuer's programme offers it in your country.
- Limits
- High limits, set by the issuer for your verified profile. We don't set or promise them.
- Funding
- From the crypto assets the issuer's programme supports, listed when you apply.
- Fees
- Set by the issuer and shown before you apply: issuance, top-up or conversion, and foreign exchange.
- Eligibility
- Depends on where you live and on the issuer's identity checks.
How a payment works
Crypto in. An ordinary card payment out.
Your crypto balance
Held in the card programme's account, under the issuer's terms.
- Top-up or spend
Converted
Into the card's currency, when you top up or when you pay, depending on the programme.
- Card payment
Paid on the network
The shop sees an ordinary card payment.
Issuer approves each payment
- Settled
The shop is paid
In its own currency, the way every card payment settles.
What you get
An introduction, and help through the checks.
An introduction to the issuer
We put you in touch with our issuing partner and tell you, up front, whether your country is covered.
Help with the application
We walk you through the issuer's identity checks so nothing comes back half done.
Cards for a team
Business cards for a company and its team, where the issuer's programme offers them.
Who it's for
For people and teams who hold crypto.
A good fit
- Founders who are paid in crypto and spend in ordinary currency
- Teams paying for software, ads and travel
- People who'd rather not cash out to a bank before every purchase
Not a fit
- Anyone living where the issuer doesn't offer the card
- Anyone who can't complete the issuer's identity checks
- Anyone looking for a card without limits
What you'll need
For the issuer's checks.
- Passport or national identity card
- Proof of home address
- A live selfie check, in the issuer's app
- For business cards: the company's documents and owners
Things to know
Before you fund a card.
- Availability varies
- The issuer decides which countries it serves, and which card types each one gets.
- Prices move
- A crypto balance changes value. A conversion locks the amount at that moment's rate.
- Read the terms
- How the balance is held, what's protected and the fees are in the issuer's terms. Read them before you fund the card.
- The issuer can say no
- It can decline a payment, change a limit, or close a card under its terms.
What it costs
The issuer's fees, up front.
Quoted by email.
Card fees belong to the issuer and are shown before you apply. If our introduction or setup help carries a fee, it's in the reply, in writing.
What moves the fee
- Personal card or cards for a team
- Virtual only, or physical too
- Where you live
- The issuer's own fees, set by the issuer
Is there a spending limit?
Yes. Every card has limits, and the issuer sets them for your verified profile. They can be high. We don't set them and can't promise a figure.
Where can I use the card?
Wherever the card network is accepted, online and in shops, except where the issuer restricts a type of merchant or a country.
Is it a bank account?
No. It's a card programme run by the issuer, funded from crypto. Read the issuer's terms for how balances are held and protected.
Can my company get cards?
Often, yes. Business cards depend on the issuer's programme and its checks on the company. Ask in your email.
Do I pay tax when I spend crypto?
In many countries, converting crypto to spend it can be a taxable event. Ask an accountant where you live; we don't give tax advice.
Who decides if I get a card?
The issuer. It runs its own identity checks and decides, and it can limit or close a card under its terms.
Related
Often asked for together.
- Crypto settlementsCard payments from a processor you control, paid out by our fiat-to-crypto partner as USDC to your wallet.See the service
- Bank and payment accountsBusiness bank and payment-account applications, prepared with you once the company exists.See the service
- Hong Kong payment processingCard processing through a Hong Kong company and a payment provider account in its name, prepared with you.See the service
Spend what you hold.
Tell us where you live, whether it's for you or a team, and roughly how much you spend each month.
Talk to us: [email protected]
The fee and the current timing come in the reply. Institutions run their own checks and decide.