{"meta":{"slug":"first-cards","title":"First-wave crypto cards, 2015 to 2017","source":{"name":"Launch reports and archived card pages"},"asOf":"2026-10-06","kind":"table","placement":"Sec 1, replaces the table after \"From these 2 issuers a wave of cards followed\""},"columns":[{"key":"card","label":"Card","brands":true},{"key":"launchedLabel","label":"Launched","sortBy":"launched"},{"key":"where","label":"Where"},{"key":"sources","label":"Sources"}],"rows":[{"card":"E-Coin (later Wirex)","launched":"2015-01","launchedLabel":"Jan 2015","where":"Sold worldwide from London; USD cards first","sources":"S63, S51, S66"},{"card":"Cryptopay","launched":"2015-07","launchedLabel":"Mid-2015","where":"UK and Europe","sources":"S51; Wayback, cryptopay.me"},{"card":"Shift (with Coinbase)","launched":"2015-11","launchedLabel":"Nov 2015","where":"US, 24 states; the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, per Coinbase","sources":"S63"},{"card":"Bitwala","launched":"2015-12","launchedLabel":"Dec 2015","where":"Europe, from Berlin; euro balance","sources":"S51; Cointelegraph, 12 Dec 2015"},{"card":"BitPay","launched":"2016-05","launchedLabel":"May 2016","where":"US, all 50 states; an international card from May 2017","sources":"S63, S51"},{"card":"TenX","launched":"2017","launchedLabel":"2017","where":"Sold worldwide from Singapore; EU only from 16 Oct 2017","sources":"S51; Reuters, 24 Jul 2017; ForkLog, 18 Sep 2017"}]}