stable coins
By Maheen Hernandez
1 / 15
Crypto-Linked Card Volumes Nearly Tripled in a Year. CoinZoom's growth didn't happen in a vacuum. The broader stablecoin-funded card market has been on…
2 / 15
Compliance and Global Reach Back the Growth Story. CoinZoom isn't just a rewards play. The company runs a pretty serious compliance operation.
3 / 15
CoinZoom's debit card is getting a real workout. Spending surged through the first half of 2026 as cardholders leaned hard on the rewards program to claw back some ground against…
4 / 15
Gas has stayed above $4 a gallon nationally since April. Grocery costs have climbed 23% over three years.
5 / 15
Traditional debit cards offer zero on that front. And credit cards aren't really the answer either, not with interest rates north of 20% right now.
6 / 15
CoinZoom's card works across more than 175 million merchants worldwide. Users can fund purchases in USD or crypto, and earn up to 5% back in crypto on what they spend.
7 / 15
And the peer-to-peer side is moving too. CoinZoom's ZoomMe feature lets customers in 169 countries send cash or crypto instantly, with no fees.
8 / 15
CoinZoom isn't just a rewards play. The company runs a pretty serious compliance operation. It's a registered Money Services Business with FinCEN and holds a SOC2 Type II…
9 / 15
Read also: Fed Governor Lisa Cook Warns Crypto and Risk Assets Face Rate Hike Threat
10 / 15
Subsidiaries in Australia, Latvia, Ireland, and Bermuda give CoinZoom a footprint that most U.S.-based crypto card issuers can't match.
11 / 15
The multi-layered security approach — SOC2 certification, FinCEN registration, AUSTRAC compliance — is probably what lets CoinZoom operate at that scale without the regulatory…
12 / 15
What's clear is that the card's core pitch holds up in a high-inflation environment. Consumers aren't adopting crypto-linked cards because they're ideologically committed to…
13 / 15
The 163% volume jump from May 2025 to May 2026 is the number that sticks. That's not organic drift — that's a behavioral shift.
14 / 15
See also: Mastercard Buys BVNK for $1.8B and Tests Stablecoin Compliance With Borderless
15 / 15
CoinZoom's platform basically sits at the intersection of two trends that aren't going away: persistent inflation squeezing household budgets, and crypto infrastructure maturing…
The Currency Analytics
Want the full story?