South Africa-based Bitget Wallet launched the Bitget Wallet Card in selected Asia-Pacific markets, including Malaysia, expanding the crypto firm’s payments reach in a region it says is the world’s fastest-growing for digital assets.
The self-custodial card connects users’ crypto balances to Mastercard’s network of more than 150 million merchants and Visa’s acceptance in over 200 countries, enabling everyday spending funded by onchain swaps and deposits into stablecoins USDT and USDC, Bitget Wallet said in a statement.
Users can apply in-app, receive instant digital approval, and add the card to Apple Pay or Google Pay for contactless payments, it added. Top-ups are free of charge.
“Launching the Bitget Wallet Card in Asia-Pacific is a pivotal milestone in our strategy,” said Jamie Elkaleh, Bitget Wallet’s chief marketing officer. He added:
It strengthens our vision of combining self-custody, compliance, and real-world utility, giving users a single gateway to spend, save, and earn with digital assets.
Bitget Wallet framed the rollout against rising adoption in the region, citing a 69% year-on-year increase in onchain activity to $2.36 trillion.
It said Southeast Asia is driving remittance flows, while developed markets such as Japan and Australia demand transparent, cost-efficient payment solutions.
By pairing its self-custody footprint with partner payment rails, the card seeks to bridge blockchain-native assets with mainstream finance across the region.
The non-custodial platform, which Bitget Wallet says serves over 80 million users, offers Web3 services including swaps, staking, a DApp browser and market insights.
It supports more than 130 blockchains and over 20,000 decentralised applications, aggregating liquidity across hundreds of DEXs and cross-chain bridges for multi-chain trading.
The firm said customer assets are safeguarded by a user protection fund exceeding $300 million.
Bitget Wallet did not disclose the number of initial markets or an issuance target.
The company said the product aims to meet both institutional demand for compliant stablecoin rails and retail use cases for everyday payments as crypto usage widens in Asia-Pacific.
