Cardano Launches New Crypto Card That Gives Back to the Treasury

• EMURGO, the co-founding entity of the Cardano network, has announced the launch of a Cardano Card designed for and by the community.
• The card will offer staking rewards, access to crypto-backed loans, eligibility for exclusive airdrops, and yield from tokenized real-world assets.

Cardano has unveiled its new crypto card, designed with input from the Cardano community. This reflects a decentralized decision-making process. Rather than a top-down product release, this shows how the network invites and incorporates community input, aligning with Cardano’s ethos of governance by the people.

What makes it stand out is its built-in mission: a portion of the card’s profits will flow directly back into the Cardano Treasury, helping fund the network’s ongoing growth and development. In other words, every transaction helps strengthen the ecosystem.

As the team behind it puts it, “This isn’t just another crypto card. This is the future of finance on Cardano, in your wallet.”

Features of the Cardano Crypto Card

As shared in their X thread, it promises global usability, allowing users to spend popular tokens like Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), USDC, USDT, and more effortlessly, wherever they go. With the card, you can stake your ADA balance directly and earn rewards with every purchase, seamlessly blending spending and staking.

Need quick liquidity? You’ll be able to take out ADA‑backed loans in stablecoins without selling your assets. And if you’re an active user, you’ll gain access to exclusive airdrops and early invites to exciting new Cardano projects.

On top of all that, with full self‑custody integration, you keep complete control of your funds, even as you tap into yield from real‑world asset tokenization. Notably, the card’s design isn’t off-the-shelf; the Cardano community itself crafted it.

According to Cardano’s roadmap, the rollout will span into 2026, starting with the launch of virtual and physical cards, multi-chain support, Apple Pay and Google Pay compatibility, and ADA auto-staking in Q1–Q2. Later, in Q2–Q3, Cardano will release its first Yield Card, enabling users to earn while they spend through both DeFi and RWA integrations, along with the debut of a real-world asset tokenization product suite.

Along with the card, the Cardano Foundation has just released Reeve, a blockchain-based financial reporting tool built specifically for enterprises. Reeve is designed to solve real-world business challenges by offering secure, tamper-proof financial data that integrates seamlessly with existing ERP systems.

Unlike traditional platforms that are prone to fraud, data silos, and human error, Reeve provides verifiable, transparent records by leveraging the trustless nature of the Cardano blockchain. It acts as a bridge between today’s enterprise infrastructure and tomorrow’s decentralized technologies, aiming to modernize how businesses manage financial data.

As of now, ADA is trading at $0.7300, following a strong 25% surge in the past week, despite a slight 1% dip in the last 24 hours. Analysts are watching closely, suggesting that a breakout above $0.750 could mark the next leg up toward the $0.80 range.

On the derivatives side, data from Coinglass shows a 4.02% drop in Open Interest, now sitting at $1.19 billion. Options markets have quieted down significantly, with volume falling 92.94% to $6.59K, and Options Open Interest seeing a minor 0.27% dip to $374.92K.