
Opinion by: Vikram Arun, co-founder and CEO of Superform
Crypto cards aren’t the future of payments. They’re a temporary interface for a world that hasn’t fully accepted cryptocurrencies.
They rely on banks as issuers, Visa or Mastercard as gatekeepers, and compliance rules that look exactly like TradFi.
In most cases, crypto is sold into idle USD, the assets stop earning and every swipe creates a taxable event.
That’s not innovation. That’s a debit card with extra steps.
As digital banks built with blockchain rails scale, crypto cards that behave…

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