Brave plans Rewards Card as waitlist passes 230,000 sign-ups

Brave is getting ready to put its Basic Attention Token into your wallet. The physical one. The privacy-focused browser company is preparing to launch the Brave Rewards Card, a payment card that lets users earn BAT on everyday purchases. The waitlist had passed 230,000 sign-ups by October 20, 2026, a striking number for a card that does not yet have a public launch date. What Brave is building Brave announced the Rewards Card on July 9, 2026, as part of its BAT Roadmap 4.0. The card is planned in both virtual and physical versions, so it can live in a phone wallet or in an actual leather one. The core idea is to let people earn BAT for transactions that happen outside the Brave browser. That marks a notable break from how BAT rewards have worked so far. Under the hood, the card will run on the BravePay protocol alongside GENIUS-compliant stablecoins. Stablecoins are crypto tokens designed to hold a steady value, typically pegged to a currency like the dollar. Several important details are still missing from the public picture. Brave has not named the card issuer, published reward rates, released the full list of supported countries, or committed to a definitive launch date. A waitl...