Nice. I have a Advcash virtual debit card and use it for USD and EUR denominated online purchases.
I also use a CoinJar EFTPOS card for physical purchases in my own local currency (AUD). I am waiting for a crypto card in AUD. So far, most are USD, EUR or GBP and have a 3% foreign exchange fee, which has turned me off.
I presume the 3% goes to Visa/Mastercard, which is all the more reason to try to encourage vendor to directly accept crypto. Would make everything cheaper and easier.
Sounds great. We need solutions for all countries. For more info on spending directly with crypto check out the Blockpay project updated regularly by @kencode.
I am following Blockpay closely (and hold tokens). I am waiting for it to be ready for me to easily add it as a payment option on my vending machines.
Yes well there has been tons of turmoil lately with the subsequent setbacks. Let's hope that the troubles are behind @kencode now. Are you an original Angelshares BitShares guy?
No, I found out about bitshares through Steem, but looked into it, liked what I read about its potential and invested in it. I averaged down for a bit, but thanks to the altcoin boom, it is now my second largest crypto holding, behind bitcoin. I like the idea of the possibilities of stable crypto and what it could do in enabling more commercial rather than just speculative use.
When it hit about 40 cents I regret not changing at least half into bitusd even during the recent huge correction bitusd held the peg! Now that's amazing!
Hindsight is great, isn't? I too have regrets there. I bought some HERO, but not as many as I should. The thinking goes, why sell at 40 cents if you think it is going to $1. I am now diversifying my portfolio with larger portions of stable crypto as prices increase. Little by little is my strategy for risk management. That way, if I sell a small portion at 15 cents and it goes to 30 cents, I'll still be happy knowing I have locked in some profit, but still have exposure to future price rises.