Wallet cards: the entry point
This door leads to cards that spend from a wallet whose keys you hold. Nothing sits on an exchange in between; the issuer turns your coins into currency at the moment of purchase.
Inside are reviews dealing with what each card costs, the coins and networks that fill it, the applicants it admits and the firm that stands behind it.
You should know the catch before going in: a lost seed phrase stays lost, and the issuer is able to block the card. Every review shows exactly where that risk lies.
Articles
NAKA card review: self-custody spending with open questions
You probably did not come here from a bank. Maybe a normal card was declined, refused, closed, or never offered in the…
Oobit Card Review: Crypto-to-Fiat Spending in 75+ Countries
The Oobit card is a Visa that spends from a crypto balance rather than from a bank account. That single idea is…
Pay Card Review: The Programme That Stopped Issuing Cards
Most card reviews are written as shopping guides. You read them to decide whether to apply. This one is different: the Pay…
Phantom Cash Card Review: Who It Is For and What It Costs
The Phantom Cash card is a virtual prepaid Visa debit card that spends the balance of a CASH stablecoin account held inside…
Plasma One card review: fees, limits and real-world use
Plasma One is a crypto-linked Visa card that turns a crypto balance into a plain dollar account you spend like any other…
Prive card review: fees, limits and who it actually suits
The Prive card sits in an odd middle ground that neither the crypto crowd nor the mainstream world has a neat word…
SafePal card review: crypto-funded Mastercard with a Swiss IBAN
SafePal is best known as a hardware-wallet maker, but it also offers a payment card. The card is a virtual Mastercard debit,…
Simple Crypto card review: who it suits, what it costs
The Simple Crypto card is a virtual Mastercard that spends a stablecoin balance rather than a bank balance. That single sentence explains…
Solflare Card Review: Closed Programme, Wallet Funds Safe
Solflare spent years as one of the better-known names in crypto cards: a self-custody Solana wallet with a Mastercard attached that spent…
SORA card review: the programme closed, and what holders should do
The SORA card no longer exists as a way to spend. The programme stopped issuing cards and stopped the card functions inside…
Stablepay Card Review: What the Card Doesn’t Tell You
The Stablepay card is not the sort of product where you read a fee table, compare three plans and pick one. It…
Tangem Pay card review: fees, limits, and who it suits
The Tangem Pay card is a Visa debit card that draws from a self-custodied USDC balance inside the Tangem wallet app. That…