{"id":97679,"date":"2020-10-26T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/paypal-de-platforms-conservative-domain-registrar-over-alternative-currency\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:33:11","slug":"paypal-de-platforms-conservative-domain-registrar-over-alternative-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/paypal-de-platforms-conservative-domain-registrar-over-alternative-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"# PayPal de-platforms conservative domain registrar over \u2018alternative currency\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# PayPal de-platforms conservative domain registrar over \u2018alternative currency\u2019 <\/strong>”
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PayPal has terminated its services to domain registrar Epik, allegedly due to a risk of money laundering through its \u201calternative currency\u201d Masterbucks, according to an article<\/a> on Mashable.<\/p>\n

However, in a series<\/a> of open letters, Robert Davis, Epik\u2019s senior vice president of strategy and communications has suggested that the motive behind the move is to de-platform conservative voices.<\/p>\n

Epik notably provides domain services to Gab and the Proud Boys, among other far-right websites. The Proud Boys domain was recently spoofed to send threatening emails to Democratic voters, reportedly<\/a> by Iran.<\/p>\n

The Masterbucks currency is presented as Epik\u2019s solution to an \u201cabsence of conventional liquidity,\u201d which it claims is \u201cone of the largest structural challenges affecting the domain industry today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Masterbucks can be used for transactions within the Epik network or converted to U.S. dollars. An archived<\/a> version of Epik\u2019s Masterbucks webpage also promotes the tax advantages of the currency, although this has since been removed.<\/p>\n

An unnamed source quoted by Mashable claimed that Epik had not fulfilled the legal requirements to run such a currency and was encouraging tax evasion. PayPal reportedly informed Epik of the issues over a month ago and had tried to come to a solution before finally terminating the account.<\/p>\n

As Cointelegraph reported, last week PayPal announced its intention to enter the cryptocurrency market, offering users the ability to make payments in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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