Cardano Card promete permitir a los usuarios gastar criptomonedas como ADA, BTC, SOL, USDC y USD desde la wallet de autocustodia.

A new financial instrument will be launched with the backing of EMURGO, a co-founding entity of Cardano, with the announcement of the network’s official card. The initiative, presented this Tuesday, July 15, 2025, promises to allow users to spend cryptocurrencies such as ADA, BTC, SOL, USDC, and USDT on global transactions using their self-custody wallet.

The project, detailed by the official account @thecardanocard on the X platform, emerges as a proposal to make it easier to spend digital assets beyond traditional ‘HODLing,’ according to its promoters.

The card launch is scheduled for the last quarter of 2025, first as a virtual version and later as a physical one. Between the first and second quarters of 2026, integration with self-custody wallets will become a reality, according to the Cardano Card roadmap.

The card launch is scheduled for the last quarter of 2025, first as a virtual version and later as a physical one. Between the first and second quarters of 2026, integration with self-custody wallets will become a reality, according to the Cardano Card roadmap.

According to the information shared, the card will not only allow purchases worldwide but will also offer the following features:

• ADA staking to earn rewards.
• Stablecoin loans using ADA as collateral.
• Access to exclusive airdrops.
• Yield generation with real-world tokenized assets (RWA).

EMURGO — an entity known for driving Cardano’s commercial adoption alongside the Cardano Foundation and IOHK (Input Output Global) — is behind this initiative and plans to allocate a portion of the profits to the Cardano Treasury.

This reserve fund aims to strengthen decentralized governance and support the network’s sustainable growth. EMURGO has invited interested parties to register at cardanocard.io to express their interest and access more details. However, no specific launch date has been announced yet, other than a target for the last quarter of 2025.

The card is presented as a step toward integrating cryptocurrencies into the traditional economy, joining other crypto card projects such as Aqua Card — which operates without KYC — as well as MetaMask Card, Coinbase Card, Bybit Card, among others.

However, the lack of detailed information regarding the terms of use or timelines leaves questions open about its viability and scope. For now, the community and users will have to wait for collective demand to drive future announcements, as indicated by the project’s team.