Crypto Cards
Amulets Card: sign-up steps, the swap fee and who holds your money
The Amulets Card spends a crypto balance held in its app, so no bank transfer sits in the middle. Sign-up takes an email, an identity check and a short wait.
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Crypto Cards
Avalanche Card International: a free Visa with a postal catch
Avalanche issues a free virtual and physical Visa funded with USDC or USDT. For users in Bangladesh, the hard part is getting the plastic delivered.
Crypto Cards
Binance Card review: fees, funding and how to apply
The Binance Card sells crypto from your Binance account with every tap, so the conversion fee and the funding order decide what it costs.
Crypto Cards
Cypher Card review: fees, limits and rewards
Cypher's Visa card comes in a free Standard plan and a $199-a-year Premium metal card, and the fees for topping up, spending abroad and cashing out decide who it suits.
Crypto Cards
Tuyo card review: a crypto card built to sit outside DAC8
Tuyo is a virtual card that spends USDC on Base and pays yield on money you have not spent. Its case rests on the claim that it falls outside DAC8 reporting, which is worth checking.
Crypto Cards
Trustee Card review: crypto funding, spending and custody
Trustee Card offers crypto funding and Visa payments. Its wallet and card balances need separate checks, from custody and conversion costs to withdrawal rules.
Crypto Cards
Tangem Pay: virtual card setup, USDC funding and risks
Tangem Pay pairs a virtual Visa card with a USDC payment balance. Setup involves identity checks and Apple Pay, with funding by Polygon USDC transfer or a crypto swap.
Crypto Cards
Laso Finance agent payments: setup, spending and custody
An agent buys and redeems an Apple gift card using a USDC-funded account. I look at the setup, spending permissions and custody questions behind that purchase.
Crypto Cards
Bleap card review: self-custody, fees and cashback
Bleap connects a self-custody wallet to a debit Mastercard without a separate card balance. Here's how its payment permissions, fees and conditional USDC cashback work.
DeFi
Cardano USDCx: stablecoin liquidity and the risks that remain
USDCx offers a route to USDC-backed liquidity on Cardano. Whether that brings deeper trading pools, institutional demand or gains for ADA requires separate evidence.
Market Analysis
Solana Samsung deal: what wallet transfers could mean for SOL
Samsung Wallet could bring digital dollars onto Solana, but transfers earn little in network fees. The case for SOL depends on how those dollars are used afterward.