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How crypto corporate cards work: funding, settlement, and controls
A crypto corporate card behaves like any other company card at checkout. The difference sits in the funding source. It spends from a business’s stablecoin balance, and the conversion into the merchant’s currency happens automatically at the moment of purchase. For a finance team deciding whether to issue them, the useful questions are how the…
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How crypto payment cards actually work behind the scenes
A crypto payment card lets you spend cryptocurrency at any shop that takes a normal debit or credit card. To the cashier and the terminal, it looks like an ordinary Visa or Mastercard. Behind that swipe, your crypto is sold for local currency in the moment, and the merchant is paid in regular money. The…
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Five questions to ask before choosing a crypto exchange
A crypto exchange is where you buy, sell, and often store cryptocurrency, so the choice affects your costs, your security, and whether you can actually get your money out. Before signing up, work through these five questions. Each one covers a common way people end up on the wrong platform. 1. What are the total…
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A beginner’s guide to reading a crypto wallet’s fee structure
When you send crypto or swap one coin for another in a wallet app, you usually pay more than one fee, and they go to different places. Understanding which fee is which lets you judge whether a transaction is fairly priced before you confirm it. There are three to know: the network fee, the wallet’s…
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Custodial vs non-custodial wallets: the practical difference
The difference between a custodial and a non-custodial wallet comes down to one question: who holds the private keys. In a custodial wallet, a company holds the keys for you. In a non-custodial wallet, you hold them yourself. Everything else follows from that single fact. A private key is the secret that controls crypto on…
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The basics of on-chain transaction fees, explained
An on-chain transaction fee, often called a network fee or gas fee, is the small payment you make to have a blockchain process your transaction. It goes to the network that records and confirms the transfer, not to the wallet or exchange you are using. Every time you send crypto or interact with a blockchain,…
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What stablecoins are, and why they matter for everyday payments
A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value, usually one unit equal to one US dollar. Unlike Bitcoin or Ether, whose prices move around throughout the day, a stablecoin aims to stay at or very close to its target price. That stability is the whole point. It lets people hold and move…