US-registered MSB selling crypto-funded prepaid cards and gift cards
Crypto Cards Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Moon review
Virtual prepaid Visa cards bought with Bitcoin, Lightning or stablecoins
- Accepts Lightning
- Holds your funds
- Email required
Privacy
5.7/ 10
Fair
Safety
4.7/ 10
Caution
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Moon review in short
Moon is a card. Its terms put it at KYC level 1 of 4: no ID mentioned. NoKYC Score grades it 5.7/10 for privacy (fair) and 4.7/10 for safety (caution). In its favour: accepts Lightning. To watch: it holds your funds while you use it and requires an email address. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- Crypto Cards
- KYC level
- 1 of 4: No ID mentioned
- Grades
- Privacy 5.7/10, Safety 4.7/10
- Sign-up
- Email required
- Custody
- custodial
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Moon review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/moon
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What Moon is
Moon sells virtual prepaid Visa cards that can be bought with Bitcoin on-chain or over Lightning, USDT on Tron, USDC or Ether and then used for online purchases wherever Visa is accepted. The site describes the cards as a way to keep personal information away from merchants, says Moon is not a custodial service and advertises low fees with no trading fees or waiting times. An account is required to buy cards. The homepage read for this review does not state its identity-verification rules, card limits or geographic restrictions, so those should be confirmed in the terms before purchase.
What Moon offers, and what to watch
1 of 13 privacy and safety features, 2 warnings in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required Not stated
- No account needed No
- No email needed No
- No phone number Not stated
Payment
- Accepts Monero Not stated
- Accepts Lightning Yes Bitcoin Lightning payments: fast, cheap and more private than on-chain.
- Accepts cash Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Not stated
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Never holds your funds No
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named Not stated
- 5+ years operating Not stated
Warnings
- May ask for ID Not in terms
- Screens deposits Not in terms
- Passes orders to partners Not in terms
- Holds your funds Yes The operator controls user funds while they are on the platform.
- Email required Yes An email address is required to use the service.
- Phone number required Not in terms
- Nobody accountable Not in terms
Does Moon require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 1: No ID mentioned. No identity requirement appears anywhere in the terms or documentation.
No identity verification is mentioned on the homepage; the terms were not available to review.
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
5.7- Starting points 50
- KYC level 1: No ID mentioned +12
- Accepts Lightning +1
- Closed source -2
- Requires email -4
- Total, clamped to 0–100 57
Safety
4.7- Starting points 50
- Closed source -3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 47
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on Moon’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for Moon. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Moon: common questions
Does Moon require KYC?
Moon is rated KYC level 1 of 4 on this site: no ID mentioned. No identity verification is mentioned on the homepage; the terms were not available to review.
Is Moon safe to use?
Moon has a Safety grade of 4.7 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 5.7 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Moon legit?
Moon is a working card. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 4.7 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Moon a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Moon.
Do I need an account or email to use Moon?
Email required.
Does Moon have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Moon's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Moon support?
Moon supports BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, and fiat payments in USD.
Is Moon custodial?
Yes. Moon holds funds during a trade, which means it is able to delay or freeze them.
Can I use Moon over Tor?
Moon does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.