Start just got their funding for StartDebit card.
That's why the price is up big. Start now has banks supporting it.
When will the debit cards be available?
There has been no date mentioned for the public release of the Startcoin ANX debit card. The StartJOIN project page states March is the delivery date for those that participated.
https://www.startjoin.com/anxcardThe project ended yesterday when the last available cards were sold. The ANX debit cards will be pre-loaded with 25000 START and will be delivered starting March 2015.
I bought one of the last yesterday at 155$/card. At current rates that investment has already paid for itself, unless the price drops dramatically before the card's arrival.