Wallet cards
At the top of many readers’ wish lists is a card that leaves their money under their own keys. Cards ranked here spend from a self-custody wallet and are converted by the provider only at the moment of payment, so an exchange never holds the funds.
Their place in the order reflects cost, the coins and networks usable for loading, eligibility, and the setup of the issuer.
Ranking high does not erase the underlying risk. A lost seed phrase stays lost, and the issuer can freeze the card. Each review shows how the card handles that.
Articles
Rebind card review: euro-first Visa with crypto top-ups
If you are reading this, the odds are you have been turned down a bank account, refused a mainstream card, or live…
Rizon card review: what it costs and who it suits
Rizon is a crypto-backed Visa card. You keep your money in a crypto wallet, you spend what you have loaded, and the…
SafePal Card Review: Swiss IBAN, Virtual Mastercard
The SafePal card is one of those crypto products where the interesting part is not the card itself but the account behind…
Slash card review: a Japan-only stablecoin Visa with a narrow reach
The Slash card is pitched as Japan's first credit card usable with stablecoins, issued on the Visa network and funded in USDC.…
Solayer card review: fees, limits and who can sign up
Solayer is a crypto card that spends stablecoins through a Visa card, issued under a Third National card programme and used mainly…
Solflare Card Review: What Happened and What to Use Instead
Solflare is one of those names that looks familiar if you have spent any time in crypto wallets: a Solana-based self-custody wallet…
SORA card review: the programme closed, so what now?
If you landed here searching for a SORA card, the single most important thing to know is that the programme no longer…
Tangem Card Review: Fees, Limits and Who It Suits
The Tangem card is one of the more interesting things to happen to crypto payments, because it is not trying to be…
Tangem Pay Card Review: What It Costs and Who It Fits
The Tangem Pay card is a USD-denominated Visa that spends the balance you load onto it from stablecoins or from your bank,…
THORWallet card review: costs, limits and who it really suits
If you have been looking at ways to spend a crypto balance with something that looks like an ordinary payment card —…
Tonhub card review: a self-custody Visa you can only get in the EU
The Tonhub card is a Visa Debit that draws on the crypto sitting in your own wallet rather than a balance held…
Tria card review: a tiered Visa for people who hold many tokens
The Tria card is a Visa that draws on a self-custodial crypto wallet, comes in three flavours (Lite, Pro and Max), and…