When CRO dropped significantly, I purchased and staked 1000 CRO
I remember looking at this option on the Crypto.com app, and thinking that this 1000 CRO I needed to stake to receive the metal Visa card for free was a bit too high. I had no idea what this CRO would do (do I ever know for sure? lol) and I thought it was too big of a chunk out of the crypto I had at the time. At some point, I checked the price of CRO again and noticed that it would only cost me a little less than 90 dollars. At that time, I decided it was definitely worth buying them, even if only for the fancy looking metal visa card that came with it as these yearly card fees can add up pretty nicely.
Within a few weeks the staking minimum requirements changed
Now you need to stake at least 2500 CRO to get this fancy card (or more if you're going for the upgraded tiers). Thankfully, I was just in time, and the same rules applied for my stake as for now the 2500 minimum requirement. I knew receiving the card would take some months, as I heard this from others that had the same stake. The card status often was stuck at pending or issued. Mine was pending until 2 weeks ago and changed to issued first, for only a short period of time. I believe I noticed the status had changed to shipped on Thursday or Friday, and it arrived today on Tuesday. Not too bad!
The card didn't disappoint, very nice!
Today there was something in the mail. I knew it was probably my card, so I was curious to open it. This was the cardholder:
Crypto.com logo on it and the small light blue corner is meant to slide the card out.
Love the color and metal. It's quite heavy too!
The card gives 2% cashback (in CRO tokens) and 100% Spotify reimbursement. Spotify I don't use myself, but I'm considering trying this as it will give me 100% reimbursement of $12.95 max per month (as far as I understood). I need to check the terms and conditions first to decide on that though.
Conclusion
I'm happy that I can now start enjoying 2% cashback on my purchases and I will try out the different options (loading FIAT and also crypto) to see how this works best for me.
Do you have a crypto.com card? And what are your experiences? Do you like it? Or do you barely use it?