Visa lance des cartes de débit Bitcoin et Crypto dans 40 pays en partenariat avec FTX
- FTX lance des cartes de débit bitcoin et cryptées dans 40 pays.
- L’échange s’est associé à Visa et se concentrera sur l’Amérique latine, l’Asie et l’Europe.
- L’offre est disponible pour les utilisateurs américains et le partenariat sera désormais étendu à l’international.
Visa s’est associée à l’un des principaux échanges de crypto-monnaie au monde, FTX, pour lancer des cartes de débit bitcoin et crypto-monnaie à l’échelle internationale, selon un communiqué de presse.
« Les cartes de débit, qui sont directement liées aux comptes FTX d’un utilisateur, sont actuellement disponibles aux États-Unis et sont actuellement déployées à l’échelle mondiale dans plus de 40 pays supplémentaires, dont de nombreux en Amérique latine », p[er The next phase of the rollout for the FTX-branded Visa debit cards is expected in Europe before the end of the year, with additional regional launches planned for 2023
Visa, along with its competitors in the marketplace, continues to hold that users of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies still want to use their holdings as a medium of exchange, even amid a bear market downturn.
“Even though values have come down, there’s still steady interest in crypto,” said Visa CFO Vasant Prabhu, per the release.
The debit cards simply connect to FTX’s platform enabling users to spend the digital assets in their wallets without needing to remove the assets from the exchange’s platform.
“We don’t have a position as a company on what the value of cryptocurrency should be, or whether it’s a good thing in the long run –– as long as people have things they want to buy, we want to facilitate it,” said Prabhu.
Visa’s major competitor, Mastercard, has also partnered with a number of different companies to offer bitcoin and crypto-backed debit cards. American Express has reportedly expressed interest in offering a similar product as well, though its CEO said it likely would not be “anytime soon.”
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried discussed Visa and other payment providers entering the ecosystem in a CNBC report:
“There’s a decision you have to make as a traditional payments company: do you want to lean into this or do you want to fight against it? I respect the fact that many of them are leaning into it.”