Coinbase CARD Added XRP And BAT Support: Report

Coinbase Card, a VISA debit card that is connected to the Coinbase wallet, now started expanding to more than 10 European countries and also by adding further support for altcoins on their platform. Right now, you can find five new coins on the card including XRP and BAT as we are reading today in the Coinbase news today.

The card is now issued only to residents of certain countries in the European Economic Area after expanding in 10 more countries and the card only covered parts in Western Europe before. The Coinbase Card now expanded the card’s availability to customers in Croatia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Iceland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Liechtenstein, Romania, and Sweden.

Unlike the many other crypto debit cards that exist in the crypto space, Coinbase Card is directly connected to the user’s Coinbase wallet and upon making the purchase; all of the crypto coins will be instantly converted to the fiat equivalent. In addition to the standard ETH, BCH, LTC, and BTC, the Coinbase Card now also supports XRP, XLM, BAT, REP, and XRX.

The Coinbase app also supports the expense tracking functionality through spending the summaries and all of the monthly statements. The virtual card will be available to download for supported mobile devices that are usable even before the physical card arrives. The customers in the previously mentioned countries will now be able to spend their crypto coins using a contactless Visa debit card in thousands of locations around the world. As per the blog post:

 ‘’ Today is a big day for Coinbase Card. Not only are we celebrating the launch of the card in 10 new countries — bringing the grand total to 29 — we’re also excited to announce that customers can now spend using five additional assets, including XRP and BAT.’’

The blog post also noted that they have more than doubled the number of assets that are available to spend which goes from 4 up to 9 XRP, BAT, REP, XRX and XLM wallets that can be used to purchase anything from ‘’coffee to Christmas shopping.’’ Spending your cryptocurrencies as easily as money is the exact thing that Coinbase Card wants to provide its users. Spending the summaries and the monthly statements feature will make tracking your crypto spending much easier.

In order to get started with your Coinbase Card, you will have to download the iOS or Android app and sign in to your Coinbase account. Once the card has been requested, the customers can spend their crypto through their in-app card right before the card officially arrives.