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COCA 3.0: Full Banking. You Control

COCA was built on a simple idea: your money should work harder for you, and you should always be the one in control of it. COCA 3.0 is the most complete expression of that idea yet. COCA is a self-banking app — a new kind of financial experience where you can spend, earn, and grow your money, while keeping full control of it at all times. No bank, no intermediary, not even COCA can access your funds without your permission. COCA 3.0 is the biggest release in our history, and

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Apr 209 min read

Welcome Cashback Drop: Get 8% Cashback on Your First 3 Purchases

Joining COCA this November? We've got a welcome gift for you: 8% cashback on your first 3 purchases with your COCA Card. That's our highest cashback rate, and you get it with no paid plan, staking or upgrade. It's a nice way to try COCA and see what everyday spending with it feels like. Here's how it works 👇 💸 8% Back From Your Very First Purchase Usually, 8% cashback comes with COCA's top Loyalty Program tier. This November, new users get the same rate from day one. Say yo

3 days ago4 min read

COCA AMA Series: Your Q4 2026 Schedule

Got questions for the team? Ideas you've been saving up? Bring them along, because the COCA AMA Series is here! That's five sessions with the team between now and the end of the year. We want to show you more of what's going on behind the scenes, hear what you think, and answer whatever you throw at us. These conversations keep COCA honest and full of good ideas, so we're making them a regular thing. Here's how it works. 👇 💬 Two Ways to Join Q&A Days in the chat No alarm ne

6 days ago2 min read

COCA Monthly Update: September 2026

September was another record breaker. You spent more with your COCA Card in September than in any month before. The Loyalty Program got a major update, $COCA staking jumped 273%, we launched a new app feature, ran three campaigns, went live on Paymentscan, and sat down with the community for an AMA. In other words, there was a lot going on. Here's the full September recap 👇 📈 Growth & Momentum Month after month, COCA Card transaction volume keeps hitting new records, and S

Oct 84 min read

A Bank Froze His Money for a Year. Now He Pays With COCA and Skips the Bank

Sabre is a 26-year-old front-end app developer, part-time crypto educator, and full-time cat dad based in Cape Town. He works with international clients who often pay him in crypto, and long before COCA, he knew the on-ramp and off-ramp grind better than most: banks freezing funds, P2P deals gone sideways, hours lost just trying to turn crypto into money he could actually spend. For Sabre, cashback is a nice bonus. But it's not the reason he's still here. The real story is si

Sep 246 min read

Community AMA Recap: Loyalty Program and What's Next

On September 22, we held a Community AMA in our Telegram chat where Max Holub, Chief Product Officer, answered your questions about the updated Loyalty Program, the $COCA token, banking and what the team is working on for the rest of 2026. We started with the questions you submitted in advance, then opened the chat for follow-up questions. Max stayed on to answer them directly, and we've included those answers throughout the relevant sections below. Missed the AMA? Here's ev

Sep 239 min read

iPhone 18 Pro Is Here: Get Up to $135 Cashback on Any Apple Purchase With COCA Card

It happens once a year: Apple's big launch. This time it's the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, AirPods 5, and more. And if you've been waiting to upgrade, there's now an extra reason to do it with COCA. Get extra cashback on your Apple purchase Buy any Apple product with your COCA Card between September 18 and 30, and you get 1% extra cashback on top of your regular COCA cashback. 🚀 How to Participate Buy any Apple product with your COCA Card from

Sep 183 min read

COCA Monthly Update: August 2026

August was COCA's best month on record so far. New users, active card users, and card transaction volume all exploded. On the product side, it was just as busy. We launched in-app $COCA trading through Aurora Intents, gave you private key export, and made sending money to other COCA users easier with nicknames. And we didn't slow down anywhere else either. We sat down live with Aurora Labs, ran a real-world test of eight crypto cards in South Africa, kept the Community FAQ go

Sep 143 min read

End-of-Summer Harvest: Win an iPhone 18 + Guaranteed $10 Cashback 🇹🇷

Exclusive to COCA users in Turkey Summer's not over until it's over. One last beach day. A festival before the season ends. Dinner out with people you didn't see enough of these past few months. September is for squeezing out everything summer still owes you. This year COCA is closing the season with two rewards: a guaranteed $10 cashback for spending like you normally do, and a shot at the grand prize, the iPhone 18, launching this September. 🤩 🚀 How to Participate 💸 For

Sep 12 min read

Upgrade Your COCA Loyalty Tier for 30% Less

Our upgraded COCA Loyalty Program is here, and we’re celebrating with 30% off every paid Loyalty tier. From September 1 to September 30, 2026, you can upgrade to any Loyalty tier with 30% fewer $COCA tokens than normally required. You can buy $COCA token directly in the COCA app, making it easier than ever to get the tokens you need. And with $COCA currently trading close to its all time highs, we want to give our community a chance to upgrade with significantly fewer tokens.

Sep 13 min read

The COCA Loyalty Program: How It Works and What Changed

The idea behind the COCA Loyalty Program has always been simple: reward you for being part of the COCA ecosystem with higher cashback and more benefits the more you participate. As COCA grows, the Loyalty Program is evolving with it. Starting September 1, 2026, we are introducing the next version of the program with updates that make rewards more flexible, let you earn more cashback, and give you more control over your rewards. In this blog post, we’ll explain how the Loyalty

Sep 16 min read

COCA x Aurora AMA Recap: Self-Custodial Banking in Practice

On August 19, COCA CEO Vasili Paulau joined Aurora Labs CEO Declan Hannon for the second episode of Connected, Aurora's interview series with the teams it builds with. They spent an hour on the practical side of self-custodial banking: why private key export was hidden for months and is coming back, what Aurora Intents changed for deposits and $COCA purchases, what happens when a transfer goes to the wrong place, and more. Missed it? Here are the key takeaways 👇 🔐 Self-cust

Aug 218 min read

🇹🇷 Turkey Exclusive: Shop Online with COCA and Get $10

Another month, another hundred online payments. Shopping, travel, streaming, food delivery – you were probably going to make them anyway. This August, COCA gives you one more reason to do it with your COCA Card. Spend a total of $100 or more on online purchases during the campaign period and get $10. No raffle, no luck involved – just a guaranteed reward. 📅 Campaign Period August 3 – August 31, 2026 Reward distribution: September 10, 2026 🚀 How to Participate Using your COC

Aug 72 min read

Best Crypto Card in South Africa (2026)

For years, using crypto meant converting it back into cash before you could actually spend it. Today, crypto debit cards remove that extra step. They let you pay anywhere Visa and Mastercard are accepted by automatically converting Bitcoin, Ethereum, or stablecoins like USDC into local currency at the point of sale. As crypto cards have become more widely available in South Africa, choosing between them has become increasingly difficult. Almost every provider advertises low f

Aug 78 min read

COCA Monthly Update: July 2026

While July brought summer vibes, it also brought plenty of updates to COCA. We shipped new features, spent more time with our community, and continued building the product every day. Here's what happened this month. 👇 📈 Growth & Momentum June was a strong month. July raised the bar even higher. New Users: +8% Active Card Users: +17% Card Transaction Volume: +16% It's great to see more people joining COCA – and even better to see them actively using it every day. ⚙️ Product

Aug 52 min read

COCA vs RedotPay: Which Crypto Card is Better?

Last updated: July 2026 Picking the right crypto debit card comes down to one question: what do you actually need it to do? If you want cashback on everyday spending, yield on your balance, and real control over your funds, that points one way. If you need high spending limits and broad global acceptance with no strings attached, that points to another. COCA and RedotPay are two of the more talked-about crypto cards available in 2026. Both let you spend crypto anywhere Visa i

Jul 167 min read

COCA Monthly Update: June 2026

If June had a theme, it would be momentum. Over the past month, COCA reached new milestones, launched in a brand-new market, rolled out features users had been asking for, and spent more time connecting with our community – both online and in person. From product improvements and record-breaking growth to events in South Africa and a GTA campaign that disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived, there was plenty happening across the COCA ecosystem. Here's everything that mad

Jul 74 min read

Summer Life Challenge: Spend With COCA, Win Up to $250 🇹🇷

Exclusive to COCA users in Turkey Summer is made for small adventures. A coffee by the sea. A festival night with friends. Dinner after a long day outside. And now, we want to see how COCA fits into your real summer moments. We’re launching the COCA Summer Life Challenge, a national campaign for Turkish users where you can share a short, fun video or photo showing a real COCA purchase and win rewards. 💡 What This Campaign Is About COCA makes crypto spendable in everyday life

Jul 62 min read

Turning Rising Costs Into €120 Cashback Per Month

Most people accept rising costs as part of life. Groceries get more expensive. Fuel prices go up. Household bills keep climbing. You adjust, spend more, and move on. But for Florian, a 32-year-old family man and homeowner from Germany, those costs were hard to ignore, especially when you drive 230 km for work every day. With prices rising and everyday life becoming more expensive, Florian started looking for a way to make the money he was already spending work a little harde

Jun 265 min read

From Chain to Card: COCA & Polygon AMA Recap

What happens when the team building your crypto card sits down with the infrastructure powering it? Last week, COCA and Polygon came together on X Spaces for a conversation about the things that actually matter: how COCA 3.0 keeps your funds truly yours, how you can earn yield on a balance you can still spend tomorrow, and what it's really going to take to bring the next billion people into crypto. The session featured Vasili Paulau, CEO of COCA, and Jia-Tern (JT), Strategi

Jun 108 min read

COCA Monthly Update: May 2026

After rolling out COCA 3.0, May brought a new level of activity across the COCA ecosystem. That momentum turned into huge growth, more online visibility, and a busy month of app improvements, community moments, and fresh launches. Here’s what happened last month 👇 📈 Growth & Momentum May’s momentum showed up directly in the numbers. Active users: +90% Transaction volume: +56% Card orders: +255% 🌏 Another interesting highlight from May: the strongest user activity came from

Jun 93 min read

From Holding Crypto to Living With It: How Vitor Used COCA to Power His New Life in Europe

Moving to a new country changes more than just your address. For Vitor, it changed the way he thought about money. Crypto was already part of his life – something he believed in, used, and kept learning about. But after moving from Brazil to Ireland, one question kept coming up: Сan I actually use my crypto day to day? That search led him to COCA. Here’s what he told us 👇 Q: Hi Vitor! Let’s start with you. Tell us a bit about yourself. A: Hi! My name is Vitor Figueira, I’m 2

May 266 min read

COCA vs Crypto.com: Which Crypto Card is Better?

Last updated: May 14, 2026 Choosing a crypto card in 2026 comes down to a few things that actually matter: how much cashback you get, what asset you get it in, what fees you might pay down the line, and whether your funds stay in your control. Both COCA and Crypto.com require you to stake their native token ($COCA or $CRO) to unlock higher rewards — but the entry points, lockup terms, and what you get in return are very different. This comparison breaks down what each card ac

May 197 min read

🍕Bitcoin Pizza Week: Get Pizza, Use COCA, Win Up to $100

Bitcoin Pizza Day marks one of the most famous moments in crypto culture. On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 $BTC for two pizzas. Back then, it was an early real-world use case for Bitcoin. Today, it is a symbol of how much the crypto industry has grown. Crypto is no longer just something people hold, trade, or talk about online. With products like COCA, crypto is now used in real life – including for everyday moments like getting pizza. That is exactly wh

May 183 min read

COCA vs Ready: Which Crypto Card is Actually Better?

Last updated: May 7, 2026 Here's a question worth sitting with: what do you actually want from a crypto card? If your answer is something like "I want to spend my crypto, earn a bit on the side, and not think too hard about it", that's one kind of answer. If your answer is "I want deep DeFi integrations, Bitcoin yield strategies, and a beautifully engraved metal card", that's a very different one. COCA and Ready are both excellent products. They both take self-custody serious

May 78 min read

COCA Monthly Update: April 2026

April was the month COCA 3.0 moved from blueprint to reality. After months of building, testing, and refining, our biggest release to date went live – bringing together a personal IBAN, real-time APY, full self-custody, and a cleaner app experience in one self-banking product. Once COCA 3.0 was in users’ hands, April quickly became more than a launch month. It became a month of feedback, conversation, recognition, and forward momentum. Here’s what shaped April 👇 📈 Growth &

May 74 min read

COCA Affiliate Program is Live: Earn Up to $969 per User

Big news: the COCA Affiliate Program is now live. If you create content, run a crypto, fintech, travel website or community, or simply know a lot of people who would benefit from COCA, this program is for you. COCA now gives you the opportunity to earn rewards from active users, plus extra rewards from COCA Card spending and $COCA staking. In short: bring real users, help them discover COCA, and get rewarded as they stay active. 🔍 What is the COCA Affiliate Program? The COCA

May 54 min read

Q&A Recap: Everything You Asked About COCA 3.0 and More – Answered!

After the biggest update in COCA’s history – the launch of COCA 3.0 – the community had a lot to unpack. The release sparked active discussion across our community, with users eager to learn more about the new features and what comes next. That’s why, on April 30, we held our latest COCA Q&A session. The Q&A was hosted by Chulpan, Social Media Manager, with questions answered by Vasili Paulau, CEO, and Max Holub, Head of Product. We also want to congratulate the five communit

May 49 min read

Refer a Friend, Earn $20 — Your Friend Gets $10

Sharing COCA just became one of the easiest ways to earn. Invite a friend, they get $10 to kick things off at COCA, and you pocket $20 when they get started. No complicated hoops. Just real rewards, for both of you. Here's everything you need to know. 👇 💸 You Share. You Both Earn. Every successful referral puts $20 in your pocket and $10 in your friend's. Paid in USD or EUR to your COCA balance. No points, no volatile native coins, just real money. And there's no cap. The m

May 13 min read

COCA 3.0: Full Banking. You Control

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Apr 209 min read

COCA Monthly Update: March 2026

March moved COCA closer to its next chapter. A large part of the month was dedicated to the upcoming COCA 3.0 update – an important next step built around new bank accounts, instant APY, and full self-custody of your funds . Alongside that, March brought new campaigns, community initiatives, and several important updates. Here’s what shaped the month 👇 📈 Growth & Momentum March was another strong month for COCA, marked by steady growth across key metrics: Active users incr

Apr 83 min read

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