Comment by majkinetor 9 hours ago
Dude...
I can buy anything anywhere. If it supports regular cards, it supports crypto card.
My first test was to buy candy btw in the local corner shop in the middle of nowhere.
It is really funny how people on HN can be so stubborn.
I used it in Serbia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Montenegro, Austria... not sure what kind of country you're talking about :)
Huh, okay, I didn't know buying things constantly on credit was common in Europe. Certainly not around Netherlands/Germany (so Austria seems odd, they generally share a culture). The only one of these countries I've been to is Italy but I was young enough that it was probably all cash then
It's a debit card.
Not sure what you mean. Nobody buys anything with cache anymore. I keep some cache in my car for bazaar and similar stuff, but all but few stores accept cards everywhere in EU I go. The convenience of having all your cards on a phone is unparalleled.
Venmo and Coinbase also offer debit cards (Venmo -> Mastercard, Coinbase -> Visa) that work for this purpose. Like OP says it's trivial to get (just open the app, enable the Debit Card feature, read the disclosures (pretty standard stuff but do read them), then add to Google Wallet.)
So it is indeed a Mastercard, plus some extra fees:
What are the fees associated with using the Bybit Card?
Here's a breakdown of the fees:
– Foreign Exchange Fee: 1% (on top of Mastercard's exchange rate)
– Crypto Conversion Fee: 0.9% (on top of Spot trading fees)
– Annual Fee: None
– Dormancy/Inactivity Fee: None
– Card Cancellation Fee: None
– Card Issuance/Replacement Fee: None for Bybit Virtual Card; 5 USD/USDT for Bybit Physical Card
– ATM Withdrawal Fee: 2% (applies after reaching the monthly free ATM withdrawal limit of 100 USD)
Fwiw you won't find a supermarket in this country that accepts buying things on credit, much less a local candy store. If that worked for you, it's very specific to wherever you live