{"id":38671,"date":"2021-03-10T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38671"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:53:25","slug":"wirex-launches-cryptocurrency-mastercard-debit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wirex-launches-cryptocurrency-mastercard-debit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Wirex launches cryptocurrency Mastercard debit card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The payments-processing firm Wirex has launched a multicurrency Mastercard card supporting digital assets in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Ready to spend your <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#crypto<\/a> in real life?<\/p>\n<p>Today we officially launch the new multicurrency Wirex card in the UK and EEA, as well as our new rewards programme, X-tras, across the globe.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bwra3lPqj7\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bwra3lPqj7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is no ordinary update. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WirexMastercard?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#WirexMastercard<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/kgHrusKyNP\\\">pic.twitter.com\/kgHrusKyNP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wirex (@wirexapp) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wirexapp\/status\/1369268133907734534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><br \/>\nAccording to the press release, the card supports eight digital currencies and ten fiat currencies. Users can instantly convert assets, exchange fiat for free, and withdraw cash at ATMs around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The company promises minimal or zero fees for purchasing digital assets. Available in 31 countries, the card has no maintenance fee and offers the X-tras rewards program.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Mastercard promised <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mastercard-pledges-direct-support-for-cryptocurrencies\">to implement direct support for cryptocurrencies<\/a> by the end of 2021. Earlier, similar plans in Visa&#8217;s digital assets strategy were <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/visa-to-test-solution-to-integrate-bitcoin-payments-with-banks\">outlined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wirex has launched a multicurrency Mastercard card that supports digital assets in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[70,833],"class_list":["post-38671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-mastercard","tag-wirex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38673,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38671\/revisions\/38673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}