WEEKLY WRAP · 2026-04-12

Apr 6–12, 2026

Reviewed by Card Pilled Editorial · Published 2026-04-12 · Last verified 2026-04-12

TL;DR · This Week

4 quick hits · market context · 11 cards updated

LAUNCH

MetaMask Card Adds Solana USDC Spending Across the US

MetaMask expanded its self-custodial Mastercard debit card to support USDC held on Solana, letting US holders spend SOL-native stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted without manually off-ramping first. Solana joins Linea and Base as supported networks, tapping the chain’s low fees and fast finality for point-of-sale payments. The move further blurs the line between wallet balances and spendable money for self-custody users.

Source: Phemex MetaMask Card →

LAUNCH

Hyperbeat Launches Liquid Banking + Visa Card on Hyperliquid

Hyperbeat went live April 8 with Liquid Banking, a non-custodial super-account on HyperEVM that unifies spot and perp trading, yield, and card spending through Hyperbeat Pay. Users can borrow against BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, or tokenized gold to spend anywhere Visa is accepted while the underlying collateral keeps earning yield. The platform is built with Paxos Labs for stablecoin rails and Noah for fiat on/off-ramps, the first card-enabled banking layer native to Hyperliquid.

Source: Chainwire

PARTNERSHIP

Visa, Coinbase, and Nevermined Enable AI-Agent Card Payments

On April 8–9, Visa unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect and Nevermined shipped the first production integration combining it with Coinbase’s x402 protocol. Users enroll their Visa card on pay.nevermined.app, define spending rules (budget caps, per-transaction limits, merchant whitelists, time-based controls), and delegate purchasing authority to an AI agent, all settled on existing card rails. It’s an early but concrete bridge between autonomous agents and the mainstream payment network.

Source: Crypto Briefing

Quick Hits

  1. Crossmint added stablecoin-backed virtual Visa credit cards, powered by Rain, issuers can now spin up collateral-backed cards through a single API. source Rain Card →
  2. Ether.fi Cash’s settlement core chain is migrating to Optimism this month; existing user safes get redeployed automatically, no action required. source Ether.fi Cash →
  3. CardPilled database expanded: 6 new entries added April 9, HashPort (Japan), Busha (Nigeria), BloFin (EEA VIP), UPay (Asia), Zoomex, and Zro Bank (Brazil). Krak tiers and Gemini note also refreshed. source HashPort Card → Busha Card → BloFin Card → UPay Card → Zoomex Card → Zro Bank Card → Krak Card → Gemini Credit Card →
  4. Bybit continued its phased Japan exit under FSA compliance pressure, with Japanese cardholders subject to rolling account restrictions throughout 2026. source Bybit Card →

Market Context

Infrastructure week. Rather than headline rate changes, the story was rails, MetaMask stretching into Solana, Hyperbeat debuting Visa on Hyperliquid, Rain/Crossmint making stablecoin-backed issuance an API call, and Visa/Coinbase standardizing agentic payments. The crypto-card layer is becoming embeddable: less “download this app,” more “plug into your stack.”

Database Updates

Cards updated this week: Krak Card → Gemini Credit Card → MetaMask Card → Ether.fi Cash → Bybit Card →

New cards added: HashPort Card → Busha Card → BloFin Card → UPay Card → Zoomex Card → Zro Bank Card →

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