Nocturne Aurora Card Review: No-KYC Card With Apple Pay

Summary

Nocturne, operated by Noctavel LLC, issues virtual prepaid cards funded from a crypto balance, with sign-up by email or access token and no documents. Aurora is the top card in the lineup, adding Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless payments, while Shadow and the ad-focused Eclipse are cheaper alternatives. The main ongoing cost is the card load fee, which falls as monthly volume grows.

At a glance

Network: Not available1
Card type: Prepaid1
Formats: Virtual1
Who holds your funds: The company1
ID check: Not required1
Top up with: BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, LTC, XMR1
Top-up networks: BEP20, TRC20, ERC20, Solana, Base1
Apple Pay: Yes1
Google Pay: Yes1
ATM cash: No3 1
IBAN: No1

Fees and limits by tier

	Aurora	Shadow	Eclipse (ad card)
Card issue fee	$451 2	$251 2	$101 2
Monthly fee	Free1 2	Free1 2	Free1 2
Top-up fee	5%1 2	5%1 2	3.5%1 2
Crypto conversion	0.49%1 2	0.49%1 2	0.49%1 2
Foreign currency fee	0%1 2	0%1 2	0%1 2

Aurora

Complete card: online, in-app and contactless in person
Apple Pay and Google Pay from the first load
Accepted range for Claude, ChatGPT and other AI checkouts
No monthly fee, no per-payment fee, no FX markup

Shadow

Essential card for online and in-app payments
Google Pay (no Apple Pay); upgradable to Aurora
Load fee eases with 30-day volume
No monthly fee

Eclipse (ad card)

Built for Meta, Google Ads, TikTok and X plus campaign software
Cheapest load ladder of the lineup
Other merchant types decline; AI checkouts not supported
Declined attempts pass through the network fee

What works

No identity documents needed to open an account
Aurora works with Apple Pay and Google Pay for in-store tap
Six deposit assets including XMR and stablecoins on several networks
No monthly fee, no per-payment fee and no FX markup
Load fee drops automatically with higher volume

What to watch

Card load fee is relatively high at lower volumes
Issuer and card network are not disclosed
No ATM access and no physical card
Cards retire after months without minimum spend

Where it works

Available in 149 countries.1

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Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Country guides for this card

Nigeria All countries

Questions people ask

What is the difference between Aurora, Shadow and Eclipse?

Aurora is the full card with Apple Pay, Google Pay and in-person tap. Shadow covers online and Google Pay only, and Eclipse is a cheaper-to-load card limited to advertising and related software.

Do I need KYC for Nocturne?

No. Nocturne says sign-up takes an email or an access token plus a crypto deposit, with no documents, though sanctions screening and lawful-use rules still apply.

Is there an app?

No download is needed; everything runs in a browser dashboard that also works on phones.

How would you rate Nocturne Aurora Card?

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Sources

The numbers on this page come from these official pages. The small numbered marks next to each fact point here.

nocturne.cards/ — Homepage: lineup Shadow $25 / Aurora $45 / Eclipse $10 one-time; load 5%->3.5% (Eclipse 3.5%->2.5%); deposit 0.49%; $0 payments; $0 monthly; 0% FX; Apple Pay on Aurora, Google Pay on Shadow and Aurora; six assets; Noctavel LLC Wyoming; not available... (checked 2026-11-01)
nocturne.cards/faq — FAQ: fees, card choice, Apple/Google Pay, no KYC, browser dashboard (no app), USDT networks BNB Chain/Tron/Ethereum/Solana and USDC Ethereum/Base/BNB Chain/Solana, limits shown in dashboard, country answer (checked 2026-11-01)
nocturne.cards/legal/terms — Terms (updated 30 Oct 2026): cash withdrawal/ATM is a closed category; cards issued by third-party institutions; sanctioned jurisdictions excluded (checked 2026-11-01)

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