Payments providers engage in censorship and moral policing, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/mastercard-vis...

The first instance that I remember was when they stopped Wikileaks from taking donations back then.

Nowadays they censor by putting pressure (by denying payment capabilities) on sites that offer content that they dont agree with.

I realize crypto has become dominated by the investment community, but money is not just a store of value. As a medium of exchange, fiat currencies use money to implement monetary policy and control. Electronic exchange of fiat currency is a permission based activity, and significant transactions are simply disallowed and users often debanked. You don't have to wait for a monetary system to collapse before crypto has meaningful value. That value can come from simply not being subject to corrupt monetary policies and control.

Possibly referring to them pressuring companies from selling adult contact they dont like by threatening to cut off payment capability.