Pornhub Adds USDT (Tether) Crypto Payments, after PayPal Pull-Out
Popular pornographic website, Pornhub, adds two new payments options, one of them is a crypto stablecoin with the sixth largest market capitalization in crypto-markets, USDT.
The models and actors on the website were recently cut-off from their PayPal payroll as it withdrew support from the site in November last year for regulatory compliance.
It seems like crypto have come to the rescue for the livelihood of the porn actors with the addition of USD-Tether payments. The twitter page of Pornhub reports,
Heads up Models! We just added USDT, @CosmoPayment& more to our Payment Method options! Click here for details: https://pornhub.com/blog/9381 #USDT #Cosmopayment
Tether stablecoin is the most liquid and largest stable-coin in the crypto ecosystem with a total market capitalization above $4.6 billion.
Tether is operational on OMNI, Ethereum, Tron, EOS and Liquid chain. The percentage allocation on the platforms is at 32.9%, 48.7%, 19.4%, respectively, with less than 1% allocation on EOS and Liquid Chain.
Countries have prohibited banking services from facilitating porn sites for long to counter human and drug trafficking. Nevertheless, the industry continues to thrive with a large number of sex workers in it.
Introduction of stablecoin payments which excludes the volatility aspect of cryptocurrencies could help in the growth of its adoption outside crypto exchanges. Currently, it is primarily used as a medium to hedge one’s value in FIAT on exchanges when trading cryptocurrencies.
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