Adult entertainment website Pornhub has added a new cryptocurrency payment choice subsequently PayPal had abruptly stopped servicing its models in late 2022.

According to a Jan. 23 weblog post, Pornhub now supports Tether (USDT) — a major U.s.a. dollar-pegged stablecoin — to allow instant and nix-fee payments via the crypto wallet and browser extension TronLink.

Pornhub supports Tron-based USDT

TronLink is a native wallet for Tron (TRX), the 12th largest cryptocurrency by marketplace cap that is backed by the Tron Foundation. The USDT token became available on the Tron network after Tether and the Tron Foundation partnered and released the first Tron-based USDT tokens in Apr 2022.

In order to start sending and accepting payments in Tether, Pornhub models download the TronLink wallet app that is available both on Apple tree Shop and Google Play, Pornhub noted. Alongside Tether, Pornhub is besides at present supporting a new payment processor known equally Cosmo Payment.

Tron CEO Justin Sun afterwards commented about the news on Twitter, saying that the new crypto payment selection is a skilful style to support "victims of centralized payment platforms like PayPal."

PayPal halted its service for Pornhub due to alleged payment permission violations

The news comes after PayPal, one of the earth'due south biggest online payment processors, halted its payment support for Pornhub models in mid-November 2022. According to reports, PayPal stopped doing business organization with the site considering Pornhub purportedly made some payments without its permission.

Following the news, the crypto community made a push for major cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) as a new payment pick on Pornhub. Meanwhile, Pornhub models were reported to have a lack of general knowledge of cryptocurrency, with some models noting that they did non know what crypto is.

Porn pushing crypto adoption?

Pornhub has been gradually working on promoting crypto use on its platform. In August 2022, the developed amusement streaming website partnered with cryptocurrency payment and billing startup PumaPay to enable user payments in crypto.

Back in 2022, the developed entertainment website partnered with cryptocurrency Verge (XVG) to accept the money every bit payment for Pornhub Premium and all Pornhub purchases. As reported by Cointelegraph, Verge's cost skyrocketed but after PayPal's determination to pull the plug on Pornhub in November.