Last week, Kulipa shut down, and 120,000 crypto cards stopped working overnight

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Aug 4, 2026, 14:15 UTC

Last week, Kulipa shut down, and 120,000 crypto cards stopped working overnight Most holders had never heard of Kulipa. That's the catch: you don't choose the company that actually issues your crypto card. A handful of invisible issuers power the cards you use every day: MetaMask (Baanx), Phantom (Bridge), Ledger, Bitget Wallet, and more. And the layer is consolidating fast: Stripe bought Bridge ($1.1B), Mastercard bought BVNK ($1.8B). The strong get acquired — the weak, like Kulipa, brick their partners' cards and disappear. Your card is only as alive as its issuer. Here's who's really beh…

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