Startale Card Is Live: Your Onchain Assets, Ready for Real-World Spending
The wait is over. Following more than 300,000 waitlist reservations since July, Startale Card officially launches today, starting with early contributors and expanding to waitlist users in priority rank. The launch marks a major step towards making onchain assets useful in everyday life and Startale's broader vision for the Startale App as the App for More than Money.
Use Your USDSC for Everyday Spending, Worldwide
Startale Card launches as a virtual card on Startale App. Your USDSC and onchain assets power Startale Card for everyday purchases at more than 150 million merchant locations worldwide.
As access to the Startale Card rolls out, you can secure your place in line through the waitlist. If you have not reserved your card yet, join the waitlist in the Startale App.
Built on Trusted Infrastructure
Startale Card is issued in partnership with Rain, a Visa Principal Member and enterprise-grade infrastructure provider for stablecoin-powered payments. Through Rain's payment infrastructure, Startale Card connects eligible onchain assets with millions of global merchants.
Startale Card is designed as part of the broader financial experience within the Startale App.
Key features include:
- Use your crypto for real-world spending: Turn digital assets into everyday purchasing power at merchants worldwide.
- Spend without cashing out: No bank transfers, no exchange withdrawals. Move USDSC to your card and spend easily.
- Cashback in USDSC: Earn 1% cashback on your purchases, credited directly to your account.
“We believe the next generation of financial superapps will bring saving, earning and spending into one seamless experience. That’s the vision behind Startale App, a place where your assets can keep working for you, from growing your wealth to spending it in the real world,” said Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group.
How to Activate Your Card
Eligible users, starting with early contributors today, can activate their Startale Card directly through the Startale App via the following steps. If you’re eligible, you’ll see the activation prompt in the Card tab; if not yet, you’ll see your current queue ranking instead.
- Open the Startale App and navigate to the Card tab.
- Complete the required identity verification (KYC) process.
- Activate the virtual card.
- Start spending.
When it’s your turn, you’ll be notified by email that you can start identity verification. Keep an eye on your inbox.
More FAQs can be found at this link.
The next group of Startale cardholders will be selected from the waitlist. With the Card Chase campaign launching today, there’s a new way to climb: refer friends to Startale App, and every Quest they complete moves you up the queue.
Startale Card availability, features, and terms are subject to applicable requirements and may vary. Cashback is subject to program terms; the cashback rate may be modified or discontinued, and cashback may be reversed for refunded or cancelled purchases. The Startale Card is issued by Rain and operates on a global card network. The Startale Card is a separate product from Startale App's other services, including Earn, yield, cashback, swaps, and USDSC balances. Any product or service offered by Startale outside the card program is subject to its own separate terms and conditions. The card issuer is not a party to any agreement between you and Startale regarding those products and is not responsible for any transaction, loan, or arrangement that is not a card transaction.