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Monolith review

One of the earliest self-custodial contract-wallet cards in Europe.

Headline cashback
0%
Risk-adjusted rate
0.0%
Custody
Self-custodial
Incidents on record
1

Full fee table

Cashback
None structural
Reward paid in
None (none)
FX fee
1.00% — Small spread
Monthly fee
Free
Issuance fee
Free
ATM policy
ATM allowance applies
Lock requirement
None
Funding assets
USDC, DAI, ETH
Chains
Ethereum, Gnosis Chain
Regions
EEA and UK
Network
Visa
Verified
2026-08

How we discount token rewards

We do not take a headline cashback percentage at face value when the reward is paid in a token rather than cash or a stablecoin, because that reward is a variable subsidy the issuer can reprice or that can simply lose value against the dollar. The worked math for Monolith:

  1. 1. Headline cashback: 0%
  2. 2. Reward risk class: none → haircut multiplier 1.00 (stablecoin/fiat = 1.00, mixed = 0.70, native-token = 0.40)
  3. 3. Risk-adjusted rate = 0% × 1.00 = 0.00%
  4. 4. On $1,000 of monthly spend that is $0.00 of durable value, versus $0.00 of headline value that assumes the token reward never depreciates.

The 0.40 and 0.70 multipliers are deliberately conservative judgement calls, not a market-derived number — treat them as a floor on how much of the headline rate to trust, not a precise forecast.

Incident history and issuer risk

  • · Service has been paused historically during banking-partner transitions

Small operation; the recurring risk in this category is the partner bank withdrawing, not the wallet contract failing.

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Monolith, answered

+ Is the Monolith headline rate the rate I will actually get?

Only if the reward is paid in stablecoins or fiat. Any reward paid in the issuer's own token is a subsidy that can be repriced or lose value, so the honest number is the risk-adjusted rate, not the headline one.

+ What happens if Monolith's issuer runs into trouble?

Read the custody model: a custodial card's balance sits on the issuer's books and is exposed to issuer insolvency; a self-custodial card removes that risk but adds smart-contract and key-recovery risk instead.

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