It’s been a while since we made a post! A lot has been happening over the last few months and unless you’re following Ternio on Telegram, Youtube, Twitter, and the BlockCard Instagram account — you may have missed some things. We thought it would be good to provide an update on what’s happened, where things are at today, and where we’re going in the very near future.

The Last Few Months:

Delivering on BlockCard! That’s right, BlockCard is live in the US and is empowering users to spend their cryptocurrencies anywhere VISA is accepted! BlockCard adoption has been tremendous and things are only picking up momentum. We started by giving users a virtual card option that they are able to get a BlockCard within minutes of creating their account and passing KYC. It’s a tremendous step towards mass adoption.

We also added more options around the cryptocurrencies that can be deposited making it 12 so far. Giving users optionality is important and we will continue to expand this. We want to hear from other crypto communities that would like to see BlockCard support for their favorite digital asset

Physical plastic cards are shipping as well. That means users get not only a virtual card, but also a physical card that arrives 7–10 days after KYC approval. There are a number of videos circulating of users purchasing whatever they want with their BlockCard.

We’ve started building a BlockCard YouTube channel just for these submissions. Our users have already used BlockCard to pay for tuition, travel, restaurants, and more. We want to see what you’re using BlockCard for. Please send in videos of you using your BlockCard and we will add it to the channel!

Ian, Daniel, Corey, & GP using BlockCard to purchase lunch in Charlotte, NC

Where Things Are Today

We’re actively deploying new features like the ability to send crypto to anyone with or without a BlockCard account. You can use this feature now by logging in to your BlockCard account and clicking “Transfer.” Simply enter a BlockCard username of the recipient OR their email address (even if they don’t have an account). You can now send money to anyone, anywhere, instantly!

We also deployed a BlockCard Blog that provides interesting content related to using your card. For example, if you need help using the transfer feature you can read the “Sharing Is Caring” post. Want to help out? Feel free to write a post and if it meets our editorial standards we can add it!

Ternio’s mission has always been to drive the adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency into everyday life. That’s why we’re actively white-labeling the BlockCard platform for a number of other crypto companies like the Litecoin Foundation and BiBox as well as many others we have not announced yet.

While BlockCard works anywhere in the world VISA does, we have only on-boarded US residents so far. That is going to be changing as we will soon (Q4 2019) be on-boarding European residents from 31 different countries! Those countries include: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

Where We’re Headed!

The above may seem like a lot, but we promise that we’re only getting started! Our goal is to get a BlockCard in the hand of every single person that holds crypto. Below is a brief overview on the features and functionality we are actively working on deploying in the near future (3–6 months).

Metal Cards: The top 100 leaderboard winners will get their cards first. It’s been time consuming to work through our partner standards and ultimately the delay is because we didn’t want to rush a subpar product to market. However, we are actively working on getting any issues resolved and get an awesome metal card to market.

Apple/Google Pay: We anticipate Apple/Google Pay going live at the end of September. This will allow you to sync your virtual or physical BlockCard with your phone.

New UI Design: We’re going to overhaul the user interface and user experience to make it even easier to interact with your BlockCard account. Here is a preview of what’s to come:

New BlockCard User Interface

USDD: United States Dollar Derivative is a new pegged token that Ternio is releasing. Users will not be able to purchase it directly, but will interact with it in the future on our products.

Mobile App — An app is in the works that will provide expanded capabilities in addition to what’s on the web dashboard.

FIAT on ramp: We are going to enable users to deposit cash onto their BlockCard account. This means linking via ACH (bank account) or walking into a number of national retailers and depositing cash (paper money) onto their BlockCard.

Crypto Buying: Being able to deposit cash on BlockCard also means users will get the capability to directly purchase cryptocurrency.

Staking: We are going to enable staking of TERN to unlock unique features on BlockCard.

Global Expansion: The United States is live and Europe is coming in Q4 2019, but we’re not stopping there. We’re going to open up BlockCard to residents from all countries that are not sanctioned by the United States.

There are many other ideas (in addition to the above) that we are formulating, but we felt the ones listed above will be the most impactful and provide the most value to our users.

Everyone at Ternio truly appreciates the community support. We are doing a lot. Executing on products takes hard work, dedication, and time. We’re building something special and that cannot be done overnight. However, with your continued support we will make it happen.

Before you go, please give this 50 claps and don’t forget to use the “invite friends” button in your BlockCard account to spread the word!