Avici used a Halloween post on October 31, 2026 to offer cardholders 20% back in SOL on subscription payments made with the Avici card. The offer came straight from Avici's official X account, framed as a seasonal treat, with payouts credited in SOL on Solana.
A rewards offer from a card built without rewards
The detail that makes this worth a second look is that Avici does not normally pay cashback at all. Its pitch is custody and cost, not rewards: you deposit USDC into a loan escrow smart contract you control, receive matching USD credit on a Visa card, and spend with no Avici FX markup and no transaction fee. Neither the entry Platinum card nor the Signature tier lists any rewards rate in normal use. Both carry "no cashback or rewards" as a stated trade-off against the self-custody model.
So a 20% figure, even for a short promo, is a departure from how the card usually behaves. Read it as a limited marketing campaign, not a new permanent rate. The point of the base card has always been that you keep your keys and avoid fees, with the lack of a rewards program as the accepted cost of that design.
Subscriptions are the target, SOL is the payout
The offer is scoped to subscription payments, the recurring charges people run on streaming, software, and memberships. That is the same category covered by subscription rebate cards, and it is a sensible spend type to anchor a promo on because the charges repeat on a predictable schedule.
Payouts land in SOL on Solana, one of the 12 chains Avici already supports for funding. Using Solana as the reward rail keeps the promo inside its existing stack rather than bolting on a new asset. For a user who already holds or wants exposure to SOL, a rebate denominated in the token is a different proposition from one paid in dollars.
Getting paid in a volatile token changes the math
A 20% headline rate is high, but the value you keep depends on SOL's price, not on a fixed dollar amount. SOL is a volatile asset, so the real return on each rebate floats with the token between the moment you earn it and the moment you convert or spend it. Hold it and the reward can grow or shrink; a stablecoin rebate would not carry that swing. This is closer to earning a small, recurring crypto position than to banking a flat percentage, and it should be judged that way.
Fees sit underneath the rebate as well. Avici adds no FX markup of its own, but Visa can still charge roughly 0.4% to 1% on non-USD purchases, and on-chain funding carries its own costs. None of that erases a 20% offer, but it is the reason the headline rate and the amount that reaches your wallet are not the same number.
The terms Avici did not spell out
The post did not state a cap, an end date, a minimum spend, or which subscription merchants qualify. A Halloween-timed treat usually runs on a short window, so anyone planning around it should confirm the live terms in the Avici app before routing recurring bills through the card. The upside is uncapped only until Avici says otherwise, and seasonal promos rarely stay open long.
Availability is the other filter. Avici lists about 50 supported markets and excludes Europe, the UK, and 20 US states, so the promo only reaches users who can already hold the card. Anyone outside those regions gets nothing from it regardless of the rate.
Overview
Avici, a self-custodial secured Visa card that normally pays no cashback, posted a Halloween offer on October 31, 2026 giving 20% back in SOL on subscription payments. The reward is paid in SOL on Solana, a chain Avici already supports, which means the real value floats with the token's price rather than sitting at a fixed dollar amount. The promo is a break from the card's usual no-rewards model, and the announcement left out the cap, end date, and qualifying merchants. Check the current terms in the Avici app before relying on it, and remember the card is unavailable across Europe, the UK, and 20 US states.
