Shutdown event

What happened to the BingX and Bit.Store cards

BingX Card and Bit.Store Card closed to new applications on 2026-03-03, after Lietuvos bankas e-money licence revocation, effective 3 Mar 2026.

The event: Lietuvos bankas e-money licence revocation, effective 3 Mar 2026.

Effective 2026-03-03. Each date is the day the card became unobtainable, which is not always the day cards stopped working — see the full study for how the two shapes are counted.

Researched and written by Mihail B. Published 2026-08-11, updated 2026-08-20.

BingX Card

Issuer: Paytend Europe UAB

What happened: Lietuvos bankas revoked Paytend Europe UAB e-money licence (AML/CFT and internal-control failures); card unusable from 3 Mar 2026

Unobtainable from: 2026-03-03

Outcome: shutdown — not obtainable today

The Paytend-issued Mastercard did not return. Wirex announced a BingX Visa debit card on 10 Jul 2026 and claims general availability — "The card is live across 200+ countries and territories" — but that is the partner speaking, and BingX itself has published no card page (bingx.com/en/card/ and /en/bingx-card/ both 404 as of 2026-08-05). BingX's own word for its old programme is "currently suspended", with "service recovery" named as a possibility. Unverified from the brand's side, so not counted as a relaunch.

Alternatives to the BingX Card: closest obtainable cards

Zebec Card (same region, custody and scheme)
MaxSwap Card (same region, custody and scheme)
Xapo Bank Card (same region and custody)

Derived shortlist, not a tested recommendation: each card is sold where the BingX Card was sold, and matches its custody model or card scheme where marked. No issuer calls any of them a successor, and nobody has held them side by side.

Sources: primary · corroborating · outcome

Bit.Store Card

Issuer: Paytend Europe UAB

What happened: Lietuvos bankas revoked Paytend Europe UAB e-money licence; Bit.Store discontinued its physical card programme, effective 3 Mar 2026

Unobtainable from: 2026-03-03

Outcome: shutdown — not obtainable today

Alternatives to the Bit.Store Card: closest obtainable cards

Zebec Card (same region, custody and scheme)
Xapo Bank Card (same region and custody)
Zypto Card (same region and custody)

Derived shortlist, not a tested recommendation: each card is sold where the Bit.Store Card was sold, and matches its custody model or card scheme where marked. No issuer calls any of them a successor, and nobody has held them side by side.

Sources: primary · corroborating

This is one event from the full shutdown study, which covers every verified closure we track, how the events group, and what the pattern does and does not prove. If you are here because one of these cards was yours, the directory of closed cards lists the closest cards still on sale beside each one.