The Stack

The rails this runs on.

KAST and Plasma One give buyers two ways to spend stablecoin wherever Visa works. DeusXPay is how a merchant settles crypto to AED. Alpine Gate connects them and handles the booking.

How we are paid here

We do not recommend tools we do not use. All four below pay us, and each card says which kind of relationship it is.

Ordered by role: what a buyer spends with, then what an operator uses, then how a merchant settles. Not by what we earn.

What being paid never changes: a merchant's verification. Evidence level is set by evidence. It cannot be bought, at any listing tier, at any price. Paid placement moves a merchant up a page. It does not move a checkmark.

None of this is offered to Alpine Cipher advisory clients. That separation is absolute and we make no exceptions to it.

Spend rail
KAST

The card a principal uses to spend stablecoin at any listed merchant. A spend rail, not a vault.

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Self-custody spend rail
Plasma One

A stablecoin account and Visa card for users who prioritise self-custody. Spend from a stablecoin balance with virtual and physical card options.

Paid referral

Explore Plasma One →
For operators
KAST Business

For the merchant or operator who wants to spend settled balances. Stronger rewards on volume.

Paid referral

KAST for business →
Settlement rail
DeusXPay

Stablecoin in, fiat out. How a merchant takes crypto and settles to a real bank in AED without holding custody.

Commercial partner

See how it works →

NectraPay is listed elsewhere as a second settlement route and is not yet verified by us, so it is not recommended here. This page is not advice.