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Block Street (BSB): What Can You Buy With It in 2026

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Mithra Ghosh

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August 26, 2026

Block Street (BSB) is the token behind a liquidity protocol built for tokenised stocks and real-world assets on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Its two products, the Aqua execution engine and the Everst trading platform, handle tokenised equities like AAPL, TSLA and NVDA, and BSB is what unlocks fees, staking perks and voting across both.

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Buying and holding BSB is the easy part. Spending it is harder, because almost nowhere takes it directly yet. So you need a few workarounds. Travel is the best option. You can book hotels and flights with BSB on Epic at up to 30% below Booking.com, and get $25 off your first booking. Here are five ways to actually use your BSB in 2026.

1. Book Discounted Hotels and Flights With BSB on Epic

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Travel is the easiest thing to spend BSB on right now. Epic is a crypto-native travel platform that takes 200+ cryptocurrencies and offers hotels and flights up to 30% cheaper than Booking.com. There's no crypto premium either.

Book your next hotel for up to 30% less

If you've got BSB sitting in a wallet, you can put it straight towards a trip instead of cashing out to fiat first. The booking process feels like Booking.com or Expedia, so there's nothing new to learn. First time on Epic? Sign up and grab your $25 first-booking discount.

2. Trade Tokenised Stocks and Stake BSB Inside Block Street

The most useful native home for BSB is Block Street itself, and it splits into two things: trading and staking.

Start with trading. Everst lets you buy tokenised versions of big US stocks like AAPL, TSLA and NVDA, plus other tokenised real-world assets, and you can trade them, borrow against them, or post them as collateral for yield strategies, all on the liquidity Aqua routes underneath. The pull for BSB holders is fees: holding the token is designed to lower your trading costs, with bigger holders paying less.

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Block Street hasn't published a fixed fee table yet, so be sure to check the current tiers in the app before assuming a specific rate. One thing worth knowing upfront is that these are tokenised equities, so trading can run outside normal US market hours, and access may depend on where you are, so confirm availability for your region first.

Then there's staking, live since April 2026. Staking is meant to unlock premium membership tiers, better fee terms, and reward programmes and pools that aren't open to every wallet. Block Street doesn't advertise a fixed staking yield, so treat the rewards as variable rather than a guaranteed APY, and check whether there's a minimum stake or a lock-up before you commit any tokens, since that decides how quickly you can pull them back out.

On top of the perks, holding or staking BSB counts as a governance vote, giving you a say in which stocks get tokenised next, how fees are set, and where treasury funds go. If you don't want your BSB sitting idle, this is where to start, just read the staking terms first.

3. Buy Physical Collectibles With BSB on Polkastarter

If you are interested in turning some BSB into something you can actually hold, collectibles are worth a look.

Polkastarter runs a crypto marketplace for real-world collectibles, think graded Pokémon cards, sealed trading-card packs, retro games and other memorabilia. These are real physical items, not NFTs, and depending on the listing they're either shipped to you or held in custody.

BSB isn't a payment option there, so you swap first:

Swap your BSB for USDT or BNB on PancakeSwap, or on an exchange like Bybit.
Pay for the collectible with that at checkout.

BSB trades on BNB Chain as a BEP-20 token, so swaps are quick and fees are cheap. If you already hold crypto, that beats cashing out to fiat and buying through a normal collectibles site. Collectibles also have their own resale markets, so their value doesn't rise and fall with the crypto charts.

Have a look through the Polkastarter marketplace to see what's listed.

4. Buy Gift Cards, eSIMs and Everyday Stuff With BSB

Bitrefill and Coinsbee are the two big platforms for spending crypto on everyday things. Neither takes BSB directly, but the fix is simple:

Swap your BSB for BTC, USDT or BNB on PancakeSwap or your exchange of choice.
Spend that on Bitrefill or Coinsbee.

Once you've done that, your crypto goes a lot further than trading. Depending on where you live, you can grab:

Gift cards for Amazon, Uber, Walmart, Steam and plenty of other retailers.
Gaming credit for PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo eShop and Steam.
Food delivery on DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Subscriptions for Netflix, Spotify, Disney+ and more.
eSIM data plans for 190+ countries.
Mobile top-ups for prepaid numbers around the world.

Bitrefill's UPI option makes it even easier, since you don't need a card for every purchase.

For now, swapping BSB into a more widely accepted coin is the simplest way to turn it into real spending money. It's one extra step, but it opens up way more than a smaller token can reach on its own.

5. Load a Crypto Debit Card for Everyday Spending

Last option: a crypto debit card. Crypto.com Visa, Bybit Card and Wirex all let you load a balance, usually USDT or USDC, and spend it anywhere Visa or Mastercard works, online or in a shop.

You can't load BSB directly, so:

Swap BSB into USDT on PancakeSwap or Bybit.
Send the USDT to your card provider's wallet.
Spend it at the till like a normal card.

There's a trade-off. You give up some BSB exposure and pay a small swap and network fee. But in return you can spend at roughly 150 million Visa and Mastercard shops worldwide. If you want to use your gains offline, whether that's fuel, groceries or dinner out, this is the closest thing to an ordinary card today.

Please note that Block Street does not operate its own checkout or card services. BSB is a utility and governance token for the Block Street ecosystem, so spending it anywhere else means going through the swap-and-load route above. Like most multichain tokens, USDT is the cleanest bridge.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Block Street (BSB) crypto?

Block Street is a liquidity protocol for tokenised stocks and real-world assets, running on Ethereum and BNB Chain. BSB is its token, used for lower trading fees, staking, premium access and governance across the Aqua and Everst products.

2. Where can I buy BSB?

BSB trades on exchanges including Binance Alpha, Bybit, Bitget, Upbit and Bithumb. On-chain, you can get it on PancakeSwap on BNB Chain and on decentralised venues on Ethereum.

3. Can I pay for hotels with BSB?

Yes, Epic takes 200+ cryptocurrencies for hotel and flight bookings, at prices up to 30% below Booking.com. New users get $25 off their first booking.

4. What network is BSB on?

BSB runs on both Ethereum (ERC-20) and BNB Chain (BEP-20). Its BNB Chain contract address is 0x595deaad1eb5476ff1e649fdb7efc36f1e4679cc.

5. Does BSB have any real-world utility?

Yes, BSB lowers your trading fees, unlocks staking tiers and rewards, lets you trade and borrow against tokenised stocks on Everst, and gives you a vote on things like new asset listings and fee changes.

Mithra Ghosh

Content Writer & SEO Copywriter

MA in Language, Literature, Media & Culture

Mithra Ghosh is a Dubai-based content writer and SEO copywriter with 2+ years of experience crafting search-optimised content across crypto, Web3, and digital finance. She combines strong editorial instincts with a deep understanding of blockchain ecosystems and on-chain trends.

At Epic, she writes about the growing world of crypto-native travel helping readers understand how holding and spending digital assets can unlock smarter, cheaper ways to see the world.