Any of 30+ supported assets including BTC, ETH, USDT (ERC-20, TRC-20, and other chains), XMR, SOL, USDC, LTC, BNB, TON, DOGE, NEAR, and TRX. The router converts your asset into the card settlement currency in one flow.
Buy Skates on the Bay Gift Cards with Crypto
Buy a Skates on the Bay gift card with crypto and redeem it at the Berkeley waterfront restaurant — US redemption only, paid in BTC, ETH, USDT, XMR, or 30+ other assets.
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What Skates on the Bay actually is
Skates on the Bay is a waterfront restaurant in Berkeley, California, perched on a pier over San Francisco Bay. It serves seafood, steaks, brunch, and cocktails with a wide view of the Golden Gate. People go for anniversaries, birthdays, out-of-town guests, and the kind of long weekend lunch where the table doesn’t turn over for three hours. A gift card here is a meal at a specific place, not a generic dining credit — you redeem it in person at the restaurant in the US, against the actual check.
Pay in crypto, receive a US redemption code
Funding works with any of 30+ supported assets: BTC, ETH, USDT (across multiple chains), XMR, SOL, USDC, LTC, BNB, TON, DOGE, NEAR, TRX, and roughly twenty more. Send from a self-custody wallet or an exchange withdrawal. The router quotes the swap, settles into the card asset, and emails you a Skates on the Bay code. The code redeems at the Berkeley restaurant only — it is a US-issued card and not valid outside the United States. No physical card ships; the email is the card.
0% on the crypto leg, markup lives on the spend side
The crypto-to-crypto routing is 0% platform fee with no hidden spread baked into the quote you see. That part is genuinely free. The economics of the gift card itself sit on the spend side — there is a small retail markup on the face value that funds the routing engine. You see the exact face value, the exact crypto amount, and the exact code you receive before you confirm. Nothing is added after the fact, and the quote does not drift between preview and signature.
Why pay for a Berkeley dinner in Monero or Bitcoin
A few real reasons people use this flow. Gifting a meal to someone in the US without exposing a card number or shipping address. Converting a Monero or Bitcoin balance into a usable restaurant credit without going through a centralized fiat exchange first. Spending stablecoins like USDT or USDC on a tangible experience rather than another on-chain swap. Or simply preferring an email code over a plastic card. If the recipient already eats at Skates on the Bay, the card behaves like cash against the bill — drinks, entrees, the whole tab.
How the swap and delivery actually work
You pick a face value, pick the crypto you’re paying with, and get a quote that locks the rate for the window. You send to the deposit address — the bridge URL is persistent, so the same address handles every future swap from this device once it’s bookmarked. The router moves your asset across networks, settles to the card vendor, and the redemption code lands in the email you provided. Typical flow takes minutes once the on-chain deposit confirms. If the route fails mid-swap, real recovery applies: market it, hold it, or refund to a wallet you control. You decide.
What to know before redeeming
Treat the email code like cash — anyone who sees it can redeem it. Save it somewhere a screenshot won’t expose. The card is for the physical Berkeley location; there is no national chain to fall back on, so confirm the recipient can actually get to the East Bay before sending it as a gift. US redemption only. Standard restaurant rules apply at the table: present the code with the check, balances roll over if you don’t use the full amount in one visit, and any leftover balance stays on the same code for next time.