{"id":65004,"date":"2022-06-10T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=65004"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:00:56","slug":"blockchain-firm-edge-launches-confidential-crypto-mastercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=65004","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain Firm Edge Launches Confidential Crypto Mastercard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The San Diego-based cryptocurrency firm Edge has announced the launch of a confidential crypto Mastercard that doesn\u2019t collect KYC data and doesn\u2019t charge transaction fees. Edge\u2019s website notes that there\u2019s \u201cno name or address associated with [the] Edge Mastercard\u201d giving privacy advocates peace of mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edge Reveals Privacy-Centric Crypto Mastercard<\/h2>\n

The digital currency firm Edge<\/a> has announced the launch of the Edge Mastercard<\/a>, a loadable crypto debit card that doesn\u2019t collect KYC data. Edge revealed the Mastercard on Twitter and told the company\u2019s followers: \u201cZero fees. Instant funding \u2014 With Edge Mastercard everyone can now spend BTC<\/a>, DOGE, DASH<\/a>, LTC<\/a>, [and] BCH<\/a> instantly, with zero personal information required.\u201d Blockspace.io founder Gabe Higgins gave Edge props for the new privacy-centric crypto Mastercard.<\/p>\n

\u201cKudos to Edge, sticking with their original vision of providing an easy way to secure [and] use bitcoin without compromising on privacy,\u201d Higgins tweeted<\/a> on Wednesday. Edge\u2019s card web page explains that the crypto Mastercard is not only private but it also complies with today\u2019s financial laws. \u201cThere is no name or address associated with your Edge Mastercard, making for completely private transactions when your card is used,\u201d Edge\u2019s site details. The web page further states:<\/p>\n

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We protect your privacy while complying with all requirements for issuers, card associations, regulations, local, federal and international laws.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Edge Co-Founder Paul Puey Is Proud to Announce a Mastercard \u2018With No Personal Info Required\u2019<\/h2>\n

While there are no usage fees tied to the Edge Mastercard, the physical version of the card costs $20. The card is accepted anywhere Mastercard is supported and there\u2019s a maximum threshold of $1,000 per day in terms of load limits. Edge co-founder Paul Puey explained on Wednesday that the executive is pleased to offer a privacy-centric crypto Mastercard.<\/p>\n

\u201cProud to announce the Edge Mastercard with no personal info required to activate or use,\u201d Puey wrote. \u201cSpend confidentially at any Mastercard accepting U.S. merchant.\u201d Edge, formally Airbitz Inc., was founded in 2014 by Paul Puey, Damian Cutillo, Scott Morgan, Tim Horton, and William Swanson. In addition to the new confidential Mastercard, Edge recently adopted the Bitpay Payment Protocol, a protocol that ensures accurate cryptocurrency payments.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Edge launching a privacy-centric crypto Mastercard? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The San Diego-based cryptocurrency firm Edge has announced the launch of a confidential crypto Mastercard that doesn\u2019t collect KYC data and doesn\u2019t charge transaction fees. Edge\u2019s website notes that there\u2019s \u201cno name or address associated with [the] Edge Mastercard\u201d giving privacy advocates peace of mind. Edge Reveals Privacy-Centric Crypto Mastercard The digital currency firm Edge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}