Lava Card vs Coinbase Card
Lava CardLower cost at your spend, more cashback, more countries.
Coinbase CardPhysical card, better-rated app.
Side by side
Money
SourceLava Card terms, International · checked November 10SourcePathward cardholder agreement and fee Long Form (14.10.2024) · checked November 10- A year at $500/mo
- Earn/yr★
- Earn/yr
- Cashback a year
- +$180★
- None
- Cashback rate
- 1–5% in BTC
- Variable, in crypto
- Physical card
- Not offered
- Yes
- Cash withdrawal
- 2%, min $1
- $0
Getting it
SourceLava Card terms, International · checked November 10SourcePathward cardholder agreement and fee Long Form (14.10.2024) · checked November 10- For residents of
- 232 countries★
- 1 countries
- ID from another country
- Not published
- Not published
- ID accepted
- Not published: Lava may ask for 'additional documents that are acceptable to us'; approval needed
- Not published which IDs
- Sign-up
- Lava account + ID check
- Coinbase account + ID
Using it
SourceLava FAQ, where the card is available · checked November 10SourceCoinbase Card page · checked November 10- Pays in
- Anywhere Visa works (150M+ merchants, 150+ countries); some merchant categories earn no rewards
- Anywhere Visa debit works; not at gambling, crypto, money-transfer, brokerage and some other merchants
- Spending per day
- Not published
- $2,500
- Apple / Google Pay
- No
- Physical card
- No
- Yes★
- App Store rating
- 4.6 / 5
- 4.7 / 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: Lava Card, Coinbase Card.




