Edge, the company behind the Edge cryptocurrency wallet, announced today the launch of a new "Confidential Mastercard" that requires no personal identifiable information to use.
"Not a name, not a phone number, not an email address," Edge co-founder and CEO Paul Puey told Decrypt in an interview. "Definitely not your actual address, nothing. You can create a virtual card in around 15 seconds inside of Edge."
While privacy is a key appeal for crypto enthusiasts, Puey said economic empowerment is the defining principle behind the Edge Mastercard. "I've known a handful of people that are unbanked; they simply cannot get a bank account for whatever reason," he said. The new card is not only for Bitcoin. Puey tells Decrypt that users can sell Bitcoin Cash, Dogecoin, Litecoin, and Dash to fund their Edge Mastercard for use at eligible merchants in the United States.
Edge says the card is issued through a Mastercard template program with Connecticut-based Patriot Bank. Nonetheless, a...
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