As I mentioned in the post about the end of the Binance VISA debit card I will go for a different card to replace my Binance card, I did a lot of research and got my new card! As you have probably noticed from the thumbnail photo, it is a Crypto.com debit card, or better said "Visa prepaid debit card" as they call it... I didn't know the difference between debit cards and prepaid debit cards before diving deeper into this... In a nutshell, these "prepaid" cards can be issued by "non-banks" and they are usually used as gift cards and in our case, as crypto cards...
I didn't expect that my previous post would raise so much interest on this topic and many people suggested some options in the comment section, and many of you wanted to be informed about the continuation of my research and the final decision... I have to say that I have checked all the suggestions that you left and all of them were valid projects. After deep research, I found out that many "smaller" companies had very bad customer support, which could be crucial if you have issues with the card... So, in the end, I decided to go with a Crypto.com Visa prepaid debit card! I tried to avoid it, but in the end, that was the best solution with at least problems, compared to the number of users...
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After installing the mobile app (there is no desktop login option at all), the verification was very smooth and very fast... After just an hour or so, I was able to log in, deposit funds, and even use my VISA virtual card! That was a pleasant surprise... If you don't need a plastic (or metal) card, you are good to go... If you do need it, the ordering is easy and it will cost you $4.99 (delivery expenses)... After around 10 days, the card arrived at my home address! As I'm not that big spender, I went with the free (cheapest) version of the card...
The activation of the card was easy as the only thing you have to do is to enter your CVV number in the app... You can view your PIN in the app, and to activate contactless payments, you have to use chip+PIN at least once time...
As I didn't want to memorize another PIN, I decided to change it on the ATM (you can't do that from the app)... I had some issues doing that as not every ATM allows PIN change, but in the end, I did it... After just a few seconds, I checked out the PIN inside the app and it was changed! All good!
Can't tell you too much about the card usage, but I had no issues with payment in 3 different places (as I received the card 2 days ago, I couldn't check it more 😃)... It was working online, it was working in the supermarket, and the coffee shop...
Regarding the exchange rates from crypto to fiat, there were some small differences compared to Binance rates, but that was expected... They were not as bad as I had, for example, with my Wirex card...
All in all, that's it regarding this short review of the card... I hope it will last for a long time and serve me well... 🙂 I'm ready to spend those profits from the upcoming bull run!
Let's go back to the #MyHiveGoals part of the post, and as usual, in the beginning, let's check out HiveStats...
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The chase for the 80K HivePower goal had begun... I'm doing a big bigger daily power-ups than usual to try to catch the goal more easily and on the other side, to get the 11th HivePUM badge... It would be awesome if I could succeed in getting all those badges this year... That would mean that I have powered up every single day in 2023!!!
In the last 7 days, I have accumulated 279 HivePower which is still under the weekly number needed for the yearly goal (350 HP)... All in all, I'm close to 76K and the HivePUD is happening during the next week...
As I said in my previous reports, reaching my LEO Power goal will be hard, but I'm not quitting! I'm on a mission and lately, I'm buying some LEO tokens daily... That was the case during this week too... The price was going slowly down, and I was getting some tokens on the way... 500 tokens were bought and the rest were curation and author rewards!
From the last week's report, I staked 529 LEO tokens more! Now, I'm "only" 3000 tokens far from my yearly goal! If the price continues to go down, maybe there is a chance to reach this goal too!
GAMING GOALS - Flexible Goals
I'm closely following my Rising Star goal as the numbers are going up, but I'm not sure that they do that enough fast... lol... As the game earnings are predictable, when you have more cards, you get more fans, and you earn more from the missions... So, I will probably buy a couple of dozen packs more with my earnings if I have to catch up with my goal...
Anyway, I'm very close to the yearly goal with only 640 cards to go! I added 175 NFTs to my collection in the last 7 days...
Regarding my GLX tokens goal, no news about it... I'm unstaking some tokens to have them ready if diesel pool LP rewards go alive... Not selling anything...
It's time to update the numbers and put them into the spreadsheet until the next week! So, freshly updated numbers for #MyHIVEGoals, on November 26th, 2023 are:
These are my initial goals for 2023 created on January 15th, 2023:
Join me in this awesome #MyHiveGoals and let's grow together! It is fun, motivating, and will keep you focused!
Thank you for your time,
~ph~
PS. None of this is financial advice of any kind...
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