Frequently Asked Questions

General

In order to use Coin A Friend™ to Buy or Sell Bitcoin, you simply sign up for a Debit Card, which will be backed by a bank account in your name.

There are a number of ways to deposit funds on your Debit Card.

As a Buyer, you will need to deposit funds before you can complete a purchase.  As a Seller, you can begin selling once you add a wallet address that contains bitcoin.  We will never ask for your Private Key, nor should you ever give your Private Key to anyone!  Your sales will be deposited to your account immediately.

Yes!  But there are some limits listed below.  Direct Deposit or Bank to Bank transfer.  You’ll find your Direct Deposit account number and the Bank routing number on the form that you received with your new Debit Card.  It looks like this:

There are many free options but fees may vary. Here is a table that explains the fees.

TYPE COST DETAILS
Adding Funds To/From Your Card
Retail Load $0.00 No Cost; the RePower Load Center may charge you for this service.
Moneygram Load $0.00 Not Applicable
Western Union Load $0.00 Not Applicable
GreenDot Load $0.00 No Cost; the GreenDot Load Center may charge you for this service.
Direct Deposit $0.00 No Cost
Card-to-Card Transfer $0.99 Per transaction
Bank-to-Card Transfer $2.00 Per transaction (ACH withdrawal fee)
Cardholder-to-Cardholder Transfer $0.00 No Cost
Removing Funds From Your Card
Retail Unload $0.00 No Cost; the RePower Load Center may charge you for this service.
Moneygram Unload $0.00 Not Applicable
Western Union Unload $0.00 Not Applicable
GreenDot Unload $0.00 No Cost; the GreenDot Load Center may charge you for this service.
ATM Withdrawal (US) $2.99 You may also incur additional fees by the ATM owner.
ATM Withdrawal (Int'l) $2.99 +3% of the transaction amount.  You may also incur additional fees by the ATM owner.

While there are limits for each card, a card holder can own up to 5 total cards.  This means that each authorized user can have their own card and subsequently order 4 additional cards in their own name.  Each card will need a different mobile number assigned to it.

  • Maximum Balance per day $9,999
  • Maximum amount of daily withdrawal $2,500 (Bank Teller, POS and ATM
  • Maximum cash withdrawal from an ATM $705.00/day
  • Maximum cash purchases $2,500/day
  • Direct deposit Maximum $9,999/day

No!  And never give you wallet's private key to anyone!

No, your physical card is not needed to complete transactions once you have completed the sign up process.

We recommend using Yubikey as a second factor authentication on both your account with us, and your bitcoin wallets.  Since we do not control your bitcoin, you should secure them with 2FA.  911 VA, LLC does not move crypto onto, or out of, your crypto wallets.