Coinbase (COIN) and Cardless unveil credit card backed by stablecoins

Coinbase (COIN) and Cardless unveil credit card backed by stablecoins

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Coinbase and Cardless unveil credit card backed by stablecoins

The stablecoin-secured card is for situations where a credit card cannot be approved on an unsecured basis.

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Jun 11, 2026, 6:38 a.m.

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Cardless and Coinbase are introducing a new USDC security deposit feature to the Coinbase One Card that lets stablecoin holders use their crypto as collateral when they cannot qualify for a traditional unsecured credit card.

Applicants set aside a portion of their USDC holdings on Coinbase as collateral, continue to earn yield on those sequestered assets and pay a $49.99 fee for access to the card.

The product extends a partnership that began with a Coinbase-branded American Express card offering up to 4% bitcoin cashback and reflects Cardless’s push to modernize rigid, bank-centric credit programs.

Cardless, a firm that has facilitated credit cards for brands like Qatar Airways and Alibaba, said it developed a payment card in conjunction with crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) for stablecoin holders who are unable to obtain one through traditional channels.

The Coinbase stablecoin-secured product is for situations where a regular credit card cannot be approved on an unsecured basis, but the applicant holds digital assets on the exchange, said Cardless co-founder Michael Spelfogel. Some of their stablecoin holdings are set aside as collateral against the debt.

“People apply from all different parts of the credit spectrum,” Spelfogel said in an interview. “There are some people that want to use this method because they believe in cryptocurrency, but they're just beginning their journeys and accumulating wealth.”

Cardholders, who pay $49.99 for the privilege, still earn yield on their sequestered USDC holdings, Spelfogel said.

The product builds on a partnership that started in September, when the firms introduced a

Coinbase-branded card

in association with American Express (AXP). That card offered up to 4% cashback in bitcoin

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. Cardless declined to say how many of the cards have been issued.

Traditional credit programs are slow-moving, rigid systems designed around banks that left billions on the table because companies never had the tools to design credit on their own terms, according to Cardless.

UPDATE (June. 11, 07:40 UTC): Change to first bullet point to reflect Coinbase One card was already in existence.

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