Something is going on.
Germanys great blockchain bank Bitwala offers a "Visa® prepaid debit card".
Description says:
"Cash out at any ATM. Pay at over 30 million online and offline merchants where VISA® is accepted"
"Convert your bitcoin and altcoins, Cash out in any currency"
www.bitwala.com/card "Currently, we accept ~60 cryptocurrencies through our partner, ShapeShift. In the future, we will accept and sell these currencies directly without the need for a third party."
https://vision.bitwala.com/Bitwala%20Whitepaper.pdfI don't know how ShapeShift can help Bitwala but it means that Vertcoin (VTC) can be used too because Vertcoin is one of these picked Altcoins (around 50) supported by Shapeshift. I love Vertcoin (
www.reddit.com/r/vertcoin).
Sounds like a great concept.
Load your card with coins and pay everywhere you want!!! GREAT.
Btw: there are 2 other companies which have a similar concept: TenX and Wirex.