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With the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, the number of platforms and stores that support payments using them is also increasing. Another market giant – Pornhub has joined this list – a company offering high-quality video content for adults. Can cooperation with such a huge portal increase social trust in cryptocurrencies.....

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They were the ones that was also reported to have a partnership with Verge, right? so that basically didn't worked out and this is now their new update for their acceptance of cryptocurrencies. I'm not following any of the news regarding them.
I didn't know that they started to give salary in crypto and have a partnership with Horizon and Tron.

Very nice! It's small things like that, that increase adoption and bring every day folks to the crypto sphere. Hopefully they will start adding other coins too cause thether is a meh option. But I guess the average joe will feel more comfortable with it! And I bet some won't resist the temptation and turn some into btc or other alts.


I guess this part will make tron hodlers very happy :D

I think that such news does not affect in any way and should not affect the prices of cryptocurrencies. the fact that some kind of large porn site has added cryptocurrency as payment will not increase the number of cryptocurrency purchases. people who use these sites will continue to use fiat currencies. it’s just that such platforms are starting to prepare for the fact that when the cryptocurrency will be legal it will be used by a large number of people

It will not affect since the one they accept is a stable coin and I also saw that crypto acceptance but still it didn't make any constant price changes to the crypto, But for sure it's good in certain aspect since the word crypto still use for that acceptance but we shouldn't more from it.

tether is also a crypto so why not ? but tether is a stable coin so im doubting if itl affect the price or not but the news like this that a big company joins the crypto craze do have an influence with the crypto because people will check out crypto .

not all who use that site use fiat , cc or centralized payment but some people were only involved on cryptos but they also use these sites . these people are the ones that will try to use their crypto the most .

If the Pornhub company cooperates with cryptocurrency, then the increase in social trust for the public will obviously increase, only in a few countries, because until now not all countries have legalized cryptocurrency and like the Pornhub company.

they choose tether because its not volatile unlike other crypto that always affected its price for every news. Using tether is good choice if you want to support one of your favworite video uploader i will look and give tip to lexi for every new video for sure . ;D

Nah, that time is over long ago. The news of crypto being accepted by big merchants don't drive the price anymore, which is a good thing. I can't speak for others but I prefer to pay using crypto for these digital things because using fiat would take a lot of fee which includes the fee for payment processor, currency exchange fee, etc. Which is why for me crypto is cheaper most of the time for international payment like this.

This is very positive news for cryptocurrency because the company is really gigantic and this step makes cryptocurrency even more popular. I don’t think that such cooperation will somehow affect social trust because this is just a payment method and nothing personal.

a few years ago pornhub used crypto (verge and tron), but the demand was not too large. This option was reissued after PayPal left their website, but I don't think it will have a big effect because users will still use fiat through other methods. From another point of view, usdt is rumored to be actually using their reserves with gold, I think it will add confidence in the use, but only for the crypto community.

Pornhub is pretty innovative when it comes to cryptocurrencies huh  ;)

If this is true, then of course it can increase people's confidence in cryptocurrencies. The fact is that if large portals where a large audience starts using cryptocurrency, then users of these portals will also use cryptocurrency, which will certainly give an influx of new new people to the crypto community and will help even more people to learn about this opportunity. In general, if this trend continues, then it will definitely be the adoption of cryptocurrencies in society.

The adult video industry has a lot of fans, so its only natural that they want to add other coins to their platform. This clearly aims to facilitate the crypto community, whose hobbies are watching adult videos to use pornhub.

It is always a great thing that a lot of websites like this are supporting cryptocurrency!.

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Yes, in 2017 I heard they had a partnership with XVG. And they also accepted XVG in their payment, but since then the XVG project has collapsed and seems to have stopped working. Perhaps this news will not affect too much this market, no one really cares like 2017. I hope in 2020 there will be more websites that will accept USDT and other altcoins in payments like Porhub. It will help this market become more popular and get more new investors

Because I'm not a pornhub user so I don't really care, but it looks like this is good for tether because maybe the use of tether will become more widespread, but hopefully this is a good partnership because previously with verge it didn't run smoothly and yes a few month ago the ceo of tron made a tweet for ask pornhub to partnership with tron.

It was a long time ago since they were looking for something that will accept payment.
From the start Paypal dont want to serve them.
Maybe a religious belief or something from the owner.

I think they have gone thru several options and this is just the one which really worked for them.
Good for the company but not for the crypto. Again with USDT on the front lines and not bitcoin. Sad.

in fact many adult video industries have received payments with crypto. Even in 2017, I often saw projects similar to pornhub. Like the vice industry tokens, these tokens are used to pay for porn videos like pornhub. I do not think that the development of crypto in the field of adult video can encourage greater adoption.

I think this development is quite interesting, by using USDT as a payment medium on the adult site I think it can indeed attract the use of crypto and also promote this crypto industry. although currently its use is on adult sites like this, I think crypto transactions will be able to be used in other industries.

It may not affect the price directly but it can help in promoting bitcoin. Pornhub is one of the sites that are mostly visited by people and if they will advertise that they are accepting cryptocurrencies then more people will be aware of bitcoin and some altcoins thus, it is one way to get more investors to invest in cryptocurrencies and who know it will encourage those organizations who is not embracing cryptocurrency yet.

a good step for crypto and if this can continue and survive, other platforms will also follow pornhub. from this news, we can take one point that crypto that is compatible for payment is crypto with prices that tend to be stable. and this can be proven by pronhub who chose the meter, on the other hand there are still bitcoin or etherum which can be an option. if this is successful, in the future it is not impossible that Libra's plan to launch to the public will get attention from a big platform.

It is obvious that a single website accepting a stable coin is not going to change anything but the cumulative effect of this happening all over the world will, we need more positive news like this, most people concentrate on what the price is going to do and they only care about the speculative aspect of bitcoin but we need to also care about the adoption issue, one thing that many people do not seem to notice is that porn sites are always trying new payment technologies since many platforms refuse to accept their business for moral reasons and cryptocurrencies can be a great way to accept payments in the future.

actually, shen they make partnership it mean they will make benefit to both parties, but i dont know about it coin, will following or just make agreement for something

They have also listed some other coins as wel as far as I remember, they had verge as well for premium. They also had some sort of crypto agreement on their casino as well which is a less known part of pornhub I suppose. They have always been progressive when it comes to crypto, wouldn't expect anything less from a porn video company who normally seen as progressive business idea anyway.

Being able to shoot a porn video and get it published on pornhub is very tough and people don't know how hard it is, there was Reddit ama about how a person talked about they made literally zero until one day they got accepted and started making money and it was very little until they got bigger fame. So you literally share your own porn for nothing until you get famous which is what not many people would agree on. With crypto it would be quicker for people to get paid as well, quicker money making even on first video would encourage more content creators to join in too.

sometimes if we see projects that partner with industries that already have big names then they can grow better, and I'm sure big industries will not be easy to accept their partners because if the project cannot grow well then the industry will become bad too because it is already related .

yes it is very helpful because cryptocurrency is increasingly known by many people and will be used for payment transactions this makes a positive value for cryptocurrency, I think it would be great if there were more cooperation platforms with cryptocurrency

If large industries accept alternative payments using crypto this will make crypto more popular later. Good steps taken to further popularize crypto in the world. I am sure this situation will make the price of crypto will increase and grow.

But its bad platform social media and give not good effect for young generation with pornhub although they have support with using bitcoin and altcoin but I not agree with bitcoin become their partner payment platform, bitcoin is good way for investing and payment currency but use for good way and good place.

I witnessed that hype with xvg too, but I wonder now, why UST and not Bitcoin? or another stable coin. hmm

It is good for USDT and Pornhub since usdt has gains popularity already and more adoption for the said stable coin. eve people not in crypto will be acquainted and familiar with it now.

This is not a new mate! Pornhub launched payment in Verge coin in 2018. But I don't think this is helpful in any way. Because it is proven that adult or porn industry is very bad for the social world. So, many people won't feel good and this news is not effective for the crypto world!

   As I read PornHub has problems with PayPal, because of that they turn to
crypto-currencies. By the end of this year they will add even more coins.
   Maybe you don't like porn industry, but some people do. I think this is great
for them, crypto-currencies are definitely more private than fiat for the porn
industry. It's good for us too, crypto-currencies adoption should apply on
all industries, the ones we like and the ones we don't like.

Hasn't pornhub already received payments through TRX since last year?  so this is not too surprising but gives wider access to users who want to maintain their privacy with cryptocurrency.  this will be more effective also be applied to other websites that are more useful and needed in daily life, such as marketplaces, etc.  because the use of stable coins for payment is very effective.

Pornhub just try its chance by adding more and more crypto as payment. Remember about this is the best alternative way to the native payment solution like paypal. Crypto can be converted into the fiat money anytime and that seems like they will add more few crypto in the future. Pornhub is also looking for the deman from the crypto users too and it seems like that stable coin is much more preferable by this site.

From some strange reason so far they have only some bulshit coins there. Why they dont add Bitcoin or Monero is beyond my imagination.

Although USDT has its own bad news, but its helping spread the word about cryptocurrency far and wide. So in all its a good development to the cryptocurrency sphere although price of the market will not be affected. Adding Eth or Btc will moon th le market pornhub can consider this.

In fact, this is one of the good news that more and more customers in Pornhub know USDT specifically and crypto in general.
Although its introduction through adult film media, the effect is definitely there on the adoption of crypto globally. We know that the porn industry is one of the best-selling in the world. It is hoped that gradually porn customers will also use crypto in other aspects.

As far as I know, Pornhub accepts some cryptocurrencies as the payment, such as Verge, Tron and Zencash. I don't know why they are adding the option for Bitcoin and Ethereum. But this acceptance from Pornhub came only after PayPal refused to process their payments (in November 2019). So they had to look out for the other service providers and cryptocurrency was selected as one of the options. I am not sure whether they have started accepting BTC. But if that is not the case, then adding USDT is illogical.

They made the right choice in adding USDT in their accepted payment method, Although this will not affect the cryptocurrency market in general but curious minds will surely check out USDT and eventually create awareness for bitcoin market.

it is unfortunate that pornhub does not dare to use bitcoin as a transaction tool which of course will more or less affect crypto.
but with a stable coin like USD for me at this time only for the benefit of the company not for the benefit of crypto itself.

They decided to use stablecoin Tether because they want to avoid the market volatility it seems. Well, that makes sense because both parties doesn't have to worry about the price decrease/increase or things. The others have been saying that it won't have any affect on cryptocurrency in general, that might be true.


Well, we could take this as a good news, right? I mean, more platforms or stores now accepting cryptocurrency as a payment options.

Most likely these kinds of websites are in the frontline when it comes to adopting, justs like this. Surely this is a great help in the community having a lot of websites accepting cryptocurrency could influence a lot of people that use it. I think this is a great asset in their websites as cryptocurrency is becoming popular on the internet even in these adult websites for sure a lot of people could use this payment method on the website so for sure promotion and as a payment method.

Hopefully, more cryptocurrency or popular altcoins are going to be accepted in these websites more like bitcoin, XRP, ETH, LTC, etc.

I think having a huge connection using crypto is goid but in this kind of transaction dealing with porn is not good because it may cause issues and negative feedback specially in terms of government because all we know that most of crypto holder and user is more on middle age or teens so it is more complicated if the government will have an action

indeed with the payment using cryptocurrency like tether will make the reach of its customers will be more and more because all of the traders can make transactions easily without having to use visa money or anything so that transactions are also safe and fast even privacy is also guaranteed.

What's wrong with this? Cryptocurrency adoption not only restricted to fields we do want to be included. Yes Government can react on this, but the fact that they dont have laws so far to govern crypto, this kind of thing will continue. Pornhub is a famous site as know it and they can't easily pull up a restrain order for this achievement of tether.

It does not increase the social trust in cryptocurrencies as you think. The reason for the new means of payment in USDT is because they were punished by Paypal and they could not find a better credit company than Tron wallet. Besides, they also know that there are many people now trading with cryptocurrencies so the payment will also be easier and no identity will be revealed. anyway, I find that crypto is pretty great at paying for sensitive services like this one. :D

they are a big industry and their achievement is the use of crypto in their platforms. I think it's good, and governments in each country have different regulations in the implementation of adult sites like this. so so far there won't be a big problem, I rather think this is the development of this industry especially at the beginning of this year.

This kind of news is not surprising because some of site like pornhub adopt crypto as payment to their models and support it. Although it's not big effect to crypto market or anything it's a good news that some of are still willing and open to adopt cryptocurrency in their platforms.

This is an indication of a growing community and development of their platform, basically, having to pay all the people they need to pay is quite hard if they don't adapt ways on easier payment system and method. With the growing number of people, the task is getting harder and harder, and that is when they see the opportunity that cryptocurrency could bring, and to help them solve it easily. Why stable coin? Because they don't bother using volatile crypto because it is pure business transactions.

It's a good development that several online platforms and stores are adopting cryptocurrency as a means of payment. This is a good start and before long many more platforms would be coming on board. The Cryptocurrency industry is gaining more popularity with this level of exposure and we hope that more stores adopt the cryptocurrency

When Verge announced that they have been partnered with Pornhub, the coin pumped and then dumped immediately after the announcement has been broadcast online. I still remember this event because this is also the time that I lost half of my funds in trading because I got FOMO'ed with it. STUPID VERGE COIN.

Now they are accepting Tether which is I think better compare to that shitcoin Verge at least they are showing signs that they are accepting cryptocurrencies in their site. Although this is a good news, the market isn't affected by this news for some reasons but still I don't care about it because I'm not paying a single penny just to watch this videos as I can watch it for free :D.

This is a positive step by pornhub platform probably this step will bring positive results as well there is no doubt that pornhub has huge community mostly of them are not aware about usdt so I think somewhere this decision of pornhub will attract more people in cryptocurrency for sure.

if they are already aware with usdt , they already used a crypto   but i dont think that most pornhub users are crypto related because pornhub wasnt a new site and its a general site with no relation to crypto whatsoever  . sites like this usually use comon payment methods (not crypto ) but if the crypto grows more , the chance of crypto being used on many online sites is also higher . but why usdt ? why not btc or eth ? arent these cryptos already accepted before usdt ?

This adult site has a lot of users, it help much for crypto users that likes to browse adult site such as "pornhub" to use the site more convenient. both users will have a huge benefits if this will immediately undergo. using crypto in this big platform will bring more popularity to crypto currency and the percentage of crypto holder will be higher within a year. 

Yes, and indirectly USDT will also be promoted into pornhub companies, this is certainly very good because the community who likes pornhub will certainly like cryptocurrency while liking USDT too.

That team was from the previous year struggling to adopt cryptocurrencies for their platform when they announced to adopt verge coin for some of their websites and after that a few months ago I heard that they are in partnership with ROC coin and now they announced the tether coin for their platform. They know the importance of cryptocurrencies that is why they are working hard to adopt a coin which will support their community. 

I am seeing this trend where entities are accepting crypto but favoring stable coins over Bitcoin or ethereum. The volatility is a big issue when it comes to business. They can't stake their revenue on a highly volatile currency which can lose or gain 50% in a week. Not really viable. Or they can choose to convert them in Fiat immediately that again would need more hassle.

Though I am glad that pornhub went on with accepting cryptocurrency but that won't push adoption.

they only care about the business, if only due to fluctuations problems also don't seem right, they use trons etc. before this year. Their support will really increase the adoption stage at least starting with their own users even though the company is in a certain segment, and this time they are testing the user's interest in coins that are relatively stable, I think this is a good progress.

I really agree if Pornhub uses tether (stable coin) as a means of payment in the Pronhub. This would be a more enjoyable thing, because using the stable coin is structurally the crypto we can more freely when compared to PayPal. And it will automatically lift the performance of TRON too. And who is the man who does not like Pornhub? Entertainment that can be easily obtained.

The actual reason of them to adopt a stablecoin along with other variable coin is that many users of the pornhub are unaware with the cryptocurrencies so they are also not familiar with the fluctuating price of the coins and they worry about their money when they see their coins changing the price and are not able to adopt such a coin so pornhub is adopting even a stable coin along with other coins to satisfy these users.

I think its a great thing for Pornhub to take this step, It will definitely increase the premium users for the site as it is easier for any countrymen to access premium contents without having issue of credit card scams or skimming. Also it will be easier to buy USDT as most of the exchanges will have it. More websites should start this by understanding the value of crypto.

To be honest, it is really funny to know that Pornhub is also started to adopt cryptocurrency and support it as payments. I think that cryptocurrency is really gaining it's popularity since a lot of social media platforms have interest to used it like Facebook. Hoping that cryptocurrency will go further, so that more people will adopt and use it for their daily lives.

What a good news for Tether, I have heard about another product TetherGold, a coin backed by real ounce troy gold.
It is funny to imagine which problems Tether has one yea ago, and how situation changed, right?  :D