Articles tagged Getting Started
Ethena Pay Card Tiers
Standard opens through the waitlist. Pro is listed as subscription or referrals with no price attached, and VIP has no stated route at all.
Plasma One EUR accounts now carry the holder's own name
The IBAN stays the same, but payments addressed to Bridge Building may be rejected after October 2.
Ethena Pay: What the Account Is, and Where Pay Never Tops Out
Ethena calls it an internet money neobank, with the card as one surface. The interesting number is how much spending the savings rewards can actually cover.
Plasma One Invite Code Got Special Reward
What Plasma One's card, tiers, stablecoin yield and the NIUNIU invite code actually mean in practice.
Best Crypto Cards of 2026
These five cards solve different spending problems. Compare the funding path, custody and reward conditions before comparing the headline cashback.
Plasma One opens physical card ordering
Plasma One now lets eligible users order a physical card in the app. The useful change is not the metal or the logo, but the payments it can cover when a phone cannot.
Brave Rewards Card turns BAT toward spending
Brave Rewards Card is not live yet, but the waitlist makes the BAT Roadmap 4.0 card plan more concrete.
MiniPay Card turns stablecoin balances into Visa spending
MiniPay Card is live as a digital Visa debit card. The useful part is not the card logo, but how stablecoin balances reach normal merchants.
Gate Card referral rewards depend on eligible spend
Gate Card referral rewards include card-opening bonuses and 12 months of spending commission, but the conditions matter.
Karta Crossed $250M in Tracked Onchain Card Settlements
Paymentscan shows Karta above $250M in tracked card settlement volume, with a methodology caveat that matters.
Plasma One Platinum cards move beyond phone wallets
Plasma says Platinum physical cards are here, and its product page confirms physical and virtual card support.
RedotPay US MTL is regulation, not a card launch
RedotPay says it received its first US money transmitter license; the important boundary is that this is not a nationwide product launch.
Gate US Card is a stablecoin Visa product
Gate US launched Gate Card with Visa, Stripe and Bridge, using supported stablecoins such as USDC for eligible U.S. users.
Krak Card Is Now Available in the US
Krak Card was UK and EEA only. It opened to US customers on 19 August 2026, as a physical or virtual card, through the Krak app.
Gate Card virtual and physical cards solve different jobs
Gate Card offers virtual and physical options, but instant online use, mobile wallets and ATM access do not belong to the same card habit.
Gate Card instant and prepaid modes are different
Gate Card can spend from account sources or from a prepaid balance, and the difference changes how users should manage funds.
MetaMask Card passes 25,000 addresses
Payment Scan shows MetaMask Card above 25,000 total addresses. The useful read is card activity on self-custody rails, not a simple winner list.
Payment Scan makes card issuers easier to read
Payment Scan now surfaces stablecoin card issuers by network and activity. It is for understanding the rails behind card programs, not for picking a card by volume alone.
Aave V4 changes Ether.fi Cash collateral
Ether.fi says Cash card credit is now powered by Aave V4 on Optimism. More collateral is useful, but it also makes the card less simple.
Wirex BaaS $2B is a card-spend signal
Wirex says its BaaS card-spend run rate reached about $2B after July. The useful point is measurable card usage on stablecoin rails.
Ether.fi Cash now looks more like a crypto neobank
The new ether.fi app puts card spending, cashback, borrowing and account features into one flow. That makes the card easier to use, not simpler to evaluate.
Ether.fi Cash: a vault-first card
Direct Pay and Borrow Mode are not the same habit. Ether.fi Cash works best when the vault is useful but the spending lane stays narrow.
Gate Card is best read as an exchange-linked spending card
Gate Card combines Visa or Mastercard acceptance with Gate account funding, but eligibility and card type still decide how useful it is.
Wirex and Pulsar show where stablecoin cards are heading
Wirex says Pulsar Money is its first BaaS partner launch on Arc. The useful signal is infrastructure, not a card you should rush into.
Borrow-to-spend is the whole point of Ether.fi Cash Card
The card is easiest to understand when you stop treating it like a prepaid crypto card.
Plasma One adds Colombian Peso onramps
Colombian Peso top-ups are not a global headline, but local funding routes often decide whether a card gets used.
How much to keep in a Plasma One balance
Plasma's recent phrase is a good reminder to keep a spending balance separate from savings.
Plasma One is more than a card
The recent Plasma repost from Delphi frames Plasma One as a stablecoin account first, card second.
Getting Started With GMGN Card
The card is simple to open, but the first useful decision is how much USDT to move into the separate card balance.
GMGN Card Uses a Separate USDT Balance
The card does not give you overdraft or spend directly from every asset. It spends from the card balance you fund.
GMGN Card Is Virtual Only for Now
A virtual card is fast to issue and useful online, but it changes how you think about ATM access and backup payments.
Apple Pay support makes Ether.fi Cash Card feel ordinary
The phone wallet feature is not flashy. It is what decides whether the card leaves the crypto niche.
Where Krak Card Is Available
The card launched for UK and EU residents. What that means if you live elsewhere, or move.
Getting Started With Krak Card
Ordering takes minutes. The two settings worth thinking about before the first purchase are less obvious.
Paying From Several Assets at Once With Krak
One purchase can draw on more than one balance. Useful, and worth setting up deliberately rather than by accident.
Krak Card: Virtual, Plastic or Metal
The card is free to order in more than one form. Here is what actually differs between them.
Plasma One Now Accepts USDC From Robinhood Chain
A new funding network rather than a new feature. Here is what it changes and what it does not.
Why a MetaMask Card Payment Gets Declined
The wallet-side causes, the merchant-side causes, and the order to check them in.
Ether.fi Cash Card is not just a prepaid card
The difference between prepaid spending and crypto-backed credit changes how the card should be used.
From Wallet to First Purchase: Setting Up MetaMask Card
The order of operations, and the two steps people skip that cause the first payment to fail.
Which Network Should You Fund MetaMask Card On?
Linea, Base, Solana or Monad. What the choice changes, and why your region may decide it for you.