About
Fold is the first publicly traded bitcoin financial services company (NASDAQ: FLD), offering a bitcoin-rewards debit and credit card, exchange, custody and banking services. Its Visa-network credit card is powered by Stripe Issuing and pays bitcoin back on everyday spending. Fold has processed over $3.1B in transaction volume and distributed $83M+ in bitcoin rewards.
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2019
- HQ
- Phoenix, USA
- Stage
- Public
- Funding
- Public via SPAC (NASDAQ: FLD), 2025
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