Based Cash vs Lava Card
Based CashPhysical card.
Lava CardLower cost at your spend, more cashback, cheaper abroad.
Side by side
Money
SourceBased Cash page · checked November 10SourceLava Card terms, International · checked November 10- A year at $500/mo
- Earn/yr
- Earn/yr★
- Cashback a year
- +$120
- +$180★
- Cashback rate
- 2–4% in BASED
- 1–5% in BTC
- Paying in another currency
- 1.5% Premium, 0% Gold
- 0% FX fee, no spread★
- Physical card
- Premium: plastic, DHL shipping extra; Gold: metal, delivery waived
- Not offered
- Cash withdrawal
- Not supported
- 2%, min $1
Getting it
SourceBased docs, card basics · checked November 10SourceLava Card terms, International · checked November 10- For residents of
- 158 countries
- 232 countries★
- ID from another country
- Not published
- Not published
- ID accepted
- Passport or national ID card; driving licences and voter IDs not accepted
- Not published: Lava may ask for 'additional documents that are acceptable to us'; approval needed
- Sign-up
- ID check + stake BASED
- Lava account + ID check
- Top up from a bank
- Crypto only
- Yes★
Using it
SourceBased docs, card types · checked November 10SourceLava FAQ, where the card is available · checked November 10- Pays in
- Anywhere Visa works; cards not offered in 92 listed countries
- Anywhere Visa works (150M+ merchants, 150+ countries); some merchant categories earn no rewards
- Spending per day
- Not published
- Not published
- Apple / Google Pay
- No
- Physical card
- Yes★
- No
- App Store rating
- Not found
- 4.6 / 5
★ marks the better value where there is one. Estimate for everyday spending: most of it in your local currency, topping up with crypto. How we calculate. Every fact with its own source is on the card pages: Based Cash, Lava Card.
