Credit and cashback cards: the entry point
Two different things share this door: cards letting you spend against your crypto as credit or a secured line, and cards built around cashback in crypto or stablecoins.
Reviews isolate the figures that make or break an offer, namely rate, ceiling, payout currency, collateral policy and the small print under an «up to» promise.
A falling market lets a lender recall credit secured on coins, while cashback paid in a jumpy token rises and sinks with it. Each review sets out those conditions.
Articles
Based card review: who it suits and what it actually costs
I went through the Based card's public pages, its pricing notes and the small but telling set of user reports that exist…
Bipa card review: a Brazilian crypto card read closely
Bipa scores 5.9 out of 10 in my assessment. It is a Brazilian company with Brazilian plans priced in reais, a Mastercard…
Exa card review: a virtual crypto card with a 1.5% FX fee
The Exa card is not a bank card in the ordinary sense. It is a virtual Visa that lives in Apple Pay…
Gemini Card Review: Credit Card That Pays Crypto
If you have been circling crypto cards because your ordinary bank card is hard to get, the Gemini card is worth reading…
Lava Card review: fees, top-ups and the catch
The Lava Card is a Visa that spends from a US dollar balance, is secured by collateral rather than by credit, and…
Lemon card review: score, fees and who can actually use it
Lemon is a crypto-linked Visa you load from a digital wallet and then spend like an ordinary payment card. The pitch is…
Moonwell card review: the programme is closed, and holders have deadlines
The Moonwell card does not exist any more. If you are reading this to decide whether to apply, you cannot — the…
Nexo card review 2026: fees, limits, who can get one
The Nexo card is one of the more polished crypto payment cards on the market: a virtual card you can start using…
Pay3 card review: a Hong Kong crypto Visa with thin public details
The Pay3 card is a Visa debit product from a young Hong Kong fintech. It offers virtual, physical, Apple Pay and Google…
Shakepay card review: a Canadian prepaid Visa with bitcoin cashback
The Shakepay card is a prepaid Visa that draws on a Shakepay account balance in Canadian dollars and pays up to 1.5%…
Trastra card review: a euro card funded from crypto, with caveats
Trastra is a prepaid debit card in euro that you fund with cryptocurrency held in a Mover wallet. On paper it does…