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# Issue Self-Custody Debit Cards to Gnars Grant Recipients for 0.69 ETH

Remove the complexity of crypto for recipients and help them use grants instantly.

# Background
Our mission at Gnars is to support the artistry of extreme artists. We want to create a world where an athlete can be funded directly by their community instead of through a brand. Our DAO community has accomplished that but onboarding athletes to crypto has proven to be difficult. We want to live in a world where the athlete shouldn’t have to care about the underlying crypto. 

Gnars backed athletes receive ETH grants from Gnars today but have to figure out their own way to off-ramp + spend. This usually happens through a trade on a coinbase account + deposit to a bank account. Alternatively, some of our athletes use sites like Travala and Bitrefill which help them book flights with crypto. This experience has proven to be difficult for our athletes since they have to learn about a new technology to use their funds. Nucleus takes us closer to accomplishing our ideal state.

# Issue Nucleus Cards to Athletes

Our proposal to make this process simple is to use Nucleus cards. Nucleus cards enable individuals to issue cards backed directly by their wallet balances. With Nucleus, Gnars athletes don’t have to worry about off-ramping via coinbase, connecting a bank account, and getting a debit card from their bank. They simply log into Nucleus, connect their wallet, and start spending with a virtual card issued to them. Nucleus supports virtual cards, apple pay, and google pay today with physical card support coming in January. Nucleus is live and ready to use today for Gnars recipients.

# Which recipients will be the first users?

The risk-free pilot will start with 2 athletes that are currently managed by Davin (@davinoyesigye), Sentamu and Milton Akaki. We will learn from the pilot, gather recipient feedback on their experience and expand based on demand from the rest of the Gnars community. 

# How to onboard athletes onto Nucleus?

Cashjee is one of the founders of Nucleus. He will help athletes onboard to Nucleus in 1-1 sessions. Cashjee will own onboarding end to end for the first few athletes to ensure a completely smooth experience. 

The sessions will be structured as follows: 
1. Cashjee guides the athlete through Metamask wallet creation (5 min)
2. Cashjee conveys the wallet address to Gami and Ben so they can send grants to the Athlete
3. Cashjee helps the Athlete convert their ETH grant to USDC through a swap via Uniswap (5 min)
4. Cashjee guides the athlete through issue a card on Nucleus and add it to their Apple Pay/Google Pay wallet (10 min)

# What’s the cost?

0.69 ETH wherein 0.20 ETH will be used to test out the cards with athletes

# About Nucleus the company

Nucleus is a YC and Orange DAO backed company that issues crypto backed cards to operators and individuals at top DAOs like Krause House and Furucombo. The founding team at Nucleus comes from engineering and finance backgrounds at RBC Capital Markets, Amazon, Snapchat, and other startups. 

# Nucleus Supporting Links

Website: https://www.usenucleus.io/card
Farcaster Launch: https://www.launchcaster.xyz/farcaster/637f9fca997375efbc4bfa47
Smoothie Launch: https://smoothie.so/project/pjeg4pek
Nucleus Blog: https://www.usenucleus.io/blog/nucleus-self-custody-debit-card
