In r/CryptoTechnology and r/defi, the community is criticizing how crypto cards and wrapped assets often reintroduce custodians, while pointing to designs that only transfer funds at purchase time as a partial fix.
Every major crypto card on the market breaks self custody at step one. Before you can tap at a merchant you have to move funds to their platform.
Functionally you are spending from their balance not yours.
Every bridge hack reminds us that wrapped tokens are only as strong as their weakest link: the custodian.
Relying on a central entity to hold the underlying assets creates a massive point of failure that contradicts the core ethos of DeFi.
allows spending of stablecoins wherever Mastercard is accepted. You only transfer the stablecoins to thier wallet when a purchase is made.
Every major crypto card on the market breaks self custody at step one.
Before you can tap at a merchant you have to move funds to their platform.
You only transfer the stablecoins to thier wallet when a purchase is made.
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