Two weeks in Thailand Purchasing Everything with Bitcoin on Coinbase Debit Card

Published April 28, 2025

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I just got back from spending two weeks in Thailand with my family, visiting friends from college, and purchasing everything with Bitcoin via my Coinbase Debit Card everywhere they accept VISA, MasterCard, contactless payments, Google Pay, or Apple Pay. For the few places that did not accept any of those, I used the local fiat currency (the Thai Baht). Here’s a video where I explain exactly how to use the Coinbase Debit Card to get local currency in any country in the world via the ATMs that are always available, and I explain what’s happening in the background. I also used my Coinbase debit card in Doha Qatar on the way there, and Tokyo Japan for the final route home. We literally flew around the entire world, spending bitcoin everywhere we went. And since the Bitcoin we were spending had appreciated in price as compared to the price we paid for it, the entire trip was much cheaper than it would otherwise have been. **Originally recorded on 6/3/24**

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