Launch a cryptocurrency credit card in Japan

By 2025, Japan will have its first cryptocurrency credit card, issued by a Japanese company and the owner of ChiitanStar, the first meme cryptocurrency with a mascot

Japan will have a cryptocurrency-backed credit card after Slash Vision Labs finalizes an agreement with a Japanese credit card issuer. Slash is also working to bring Japanese intellectual property to Web3.

A cryptocurrency credit card backed by a memecoin

Details about the upcoming Slash Card are scarce. The Japanese issuer has not been named, although the company mentions in its announcement that it is already working with SoftBank Payment and Visa partner LifeCard.

According to the Slash Payment website, its current payment offering works with "almost any cryptocurrency" and is compatible with 10 blockchains. An incentive program for the Slash Card has been devised:

"With the launch of the Slash Card, Slash is making cryptocurrency payments more accessible while offering unique opportunities for both global and national cryptocurrency projects to connect with users in Japan through Pay-to-Earn airdrops and more.

The card, which will appear in 2025, will be fully compliant with Japanese cryptocurrency and payment regulations, as indicated by Slash.

Based in the British Virgin Islands, it also supports the marketing and operational efforts of Chiitan Coin (CTAN), the memecoin officially associated with the unofficial baby mascot of the city of Kochi (other sources say from the city of Susaki) that launched in June.

In August, Slash said it had made an investment in CTAN in a strategic alliance, as a result of which it owns the project and intends to "create a new genre called Mascot Meme

Cryptocurrencies and Japanese culture

In November, it began offering payment services to Comilio, a manga publishing platform. Users can upload mangas to the platform $BTC $ETH