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Re: Instant bitcoin to credit card conversion?
by
SimpleBitMaker
on 22/08/2018, 07:38:31 UTC

These links are old. Quite a number of cards from those lists don't work anymore. For example CryptoPay will start working in Russia. Europe, then the rest will be later steps.

Background: in January 2018 VISA (and later MasterCard too) told WaveCrest corporation to shut down their cards (the reasons are not important). Most of the "Bitcoin debit card" services were relying on cards issued by WaveCrest and they've got a hard blow. Most of them are still not back on business.

Most of the cards still in business after this happened usually have unreasonably high fees or they're mostly for US.
A notable comeback is Wirex, they are back after WaveCrest episode, they do have even Virtual Cards too, but I think that they work now only in Europe. Some do have complains against them, but overall they are not so bad, I am using their card, but some precautions would not hurt.

These virtual cards are not very reliable and are not to be trusted unless issued by a bank, somewhat ironically. They can only work in certain regions for a limited time and are not always accepted by all vendors.

Some exchanges are offering cards of their own (I think Bitstamp has this service) or withdrawals to cards. However, if being identified is a concern, this won't work for you. The best thing you could do is get a localbitcoins cash transaction, buy a prepaid card, and load it up with that cash. Otherwise, you don't have many options.