Crypto.com Launches Rips Trading Card Platform With Guaranteed Buybacks and Physical Delivery
Crypto.com has introduced Rips, a digital trading card platform that combines online pack openings with guaranteed resale offers and the option to receive physical collectibles. Integrated into the company's mobile application, the service allows users to purchase card packs, reveal their contents digitally and choose whether to sell their cards back to the platform or have them shipped.
The launch collection includes cards from Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL) and Pokémon. According to Crypto.com said additional collecting categories are planned as the platform develops.
Before buying a pack, users can review its price, featured chase cards and the disclosed odds of obtaining specific collectibles. The company is also offering five introductory pack openings as part of its launch promotion.
How Rips' Guaranteed Buyback System Works
After opening a pack, collectors have two days to decide what to do with the cards they receive. Each card comes with a fixed buyback price, allowing users to accept a resale offer without having to list the item on an external marketplace or negotiate with another buyer.
Users who accept the offer receive the proceeds in their Crypto.com accounts. The funds can then be used to purchase more card packs or other products available through the application.
Those products include cryptocurrencies, stocks, prediction markets and perpetual contracts. Alternatively, collectors can choose to keep their cards and request delivery of the physical items. Crypto.com provides tracked shipping arrangements for cards sent to customers.
Users do not have to make an immediate decision. They can wait throughout the two-day period before selecting a buyback or physical delivery. However, if they take no action before the deadline, Rips automatically purchases the cards at their previously locked-in buyback prices.
Crypto.com Expands Its Digital Collectibles Offering
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek connected the launch to the growing intersection of sports, entertainment and online collecting communities. He described Rips as a service that brings digital pack openings, immediate liquidity and access to physical card ownership together in a single application.
The platform's disclosed card probabilities and upfront pack prices are presented by the company as measures intended to make purchases more transparent. By displaying the odds of receiving particular collectibles before a transaction, Rips gives users information about the potential contents of a pack in advance.
Unlike digital-only collectibles, cards revealed through Rips represent physical items that customers can request to have delivered. The service therefore combines digital purchasing and discovery with a choice between guaranteed resale and physical possession.
Rips also extends Crypto.com's existing mobile application beyond its established financial services by adding trading card purchases and management. Its buyback mechanism provides a platform-based resale option, while tracked delivery allows collectors to obtain the physical cards they choose to keep.
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