Japan’s first crypto credit card will appear in 2025 from a Japanese issuer and the company that owns Chiitan Star, the first Mascot Meme coin.
Japan will have a cryptocurrency-backed credit card, after Slash Vision Labs finalized a deal with a Japanese credit card issuer. Slash is also active in putting Japanese intellectual property onto Web3.
Details of the coming Slash Card are sparse. The Japanese issuer has not been named, although the company mentions in its announcement that it already works with SoftBank Payment and Visa partner LifeCard.
According to the Slash Payment website, its current payment offering works with “almost any cryptocurrency” and is supported on 10 blockchains. A Slash Card incentive program has been devised:
