Head to head
Plasma One vs Bitget Wallet
Both cards run on the same benchmark test, so this compares deducted cost rather than advertised rates.
| Metric | Pl | Bi |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rank | #11 of 11 | #3 of 11 |
| Gross FX spread | 2% | 0.51% |
| Net cost on test | ~$1.47, a perfect mid-market rate | |
| Base cashback | 4 | Full FX fee refunded as cashback |
| Custody | Non-custodial | Non-Custodial |
| Virtual card | Free, Core tier is ~$120-$199/yr or 10,000-20,000 XPL lock; Platinum tier is 100,000 XPL lock | Free |
| Physical card | Upper tiers only | $49 processing & shipping |
| Spend limit | $5,000 daily / $100,000 yearly | |
| ATM withdrawals | No ATM access on Lite tier | No ATM or over-the-counter cash withdrawals |
| Setup time | 10 minutes | ~10 minutes |
| KYC steps | 4 | 5 |
| Score | 4/10 | 8.8/10 |
Plasma One
Plasma One combines self-custodial stablecoin spending with integrated DeFi yield, skipping the friction of swapping tokens. However, the free tier is limited; the premium tiers only give tokens as their cashback, and FX fee's are high. The gated code-invite mode is not recommended
Bitget Wallet
Factor in the $0.02 guaranteed cashback and your net effective cost drops to exactly $1.47. Bitget Wallet essentially subsidises the entire Mastercard network fee, giving you a mathematically perfect mid-market exchange rate.
Who ranks these cards
I'm Tristyn Pawson, founder of ConsistenC.xyz. Over the last five years I've worked on marketing, development and growth across five crypto cards and neobanks, building at least three of them from scratch.
Alongside that I've run in-depth research on 20+ crypto banks to understand what actually makes someone keep a card in their wallet. These rankings reflect that: which problems are tolerable, and which ones are genuine deal breakers.
- Years in market
- 5
- Cards built on
- 5
- Neobanks researched
- 20+