Wallet cards

A wallet card is connected to a self-custody wallet, meaning one where you alone hold the keys. Your funds stay there until a purchase, at which point the card provider turns the coins into the payment currency. No exchange holds the money in between, which many people consider the whole attraction.

Reviews describe the price of each card, the coins and networks that can load it, who may obtain it, and how the issuer is set up.

It helps to know what self-custody does not do. A forgotten seed phrase cannot be recovered, and the issuer keeps the power to freeze the card. Every review marks that boundary.

Articles

Trustee card review: a USD card for people without a bank card

Trustee looks, on paper, like a straightforward answer to a specific problem: you want to spend crypto, or you want a card…

xPortal Card Review: What It Costs and Who It Suits

The xPortal card is one of the more down-to-earth crypto cards you can actually use day to day: it issues a real…

Zeal card review: a self-custody Visa with a closure question over it

If you already keep crypto in your own wallet and want a Visa to spend it from, the Zeal card is one…

Zebec card review: who it fits, what it costs, what’s unclear

Zebec is one of those crypto cards where the pitch sounds simpler than the paperwork. The company sells a wallet you fund…