THELOGICALINDIAN - Last ages it was appear that BitPay banned to acquire bitcoin payments as donations for the Hong Kong Free Press HKFP The belvedere accustomed a lot of abuse at the time and the alignment started attractive for a backup Today it appear that it has begin one
BitPay Loses Another Customer
It was appropriate that bitcoin payments provider BitPay had angled to burden from Beijing for declining to acquiesce payments to the HKFP to be processed. HKFP architect and editor-in-chief, Tom Grundy, abreast supporters that cryptocurrency donations were briefly abeyant in a loaded tweet aftermost month.
As reported by Bitcoinist at the time BitPay had captivated on to donations and banned to alteration them for three months. The alibi was that Hong Kong banks use SWIFT and not IBANs about it has not been the aboriginal time that BitPay has banned to account donations. The antecedent ages a ample donation for Amazonian backwoods blaze abatement in BTC was banned as it was ‘over the best limit’ for the platform.
It appears that BitPay doesn’t appetite to accord with accommodating causes or those that charge crypto payments to facilitate donations.
Grundy lambasted the payments belvedere at the time advertence that it has been a abhorrent acquaintance and it as a poor reputation, bottomless communication, abhorrent chump service, and actual aerial fees. He added that an another would be approved and it appears that one has now been found.
Going Forward With BTCPay
In an advertisement bygone the independent, announcer apprenticed alignment said that crypto donations were enabled afresh via its new provider BTCPay.
Several accept already replied pledging a few satoshis to the account of columnist abandon in Hong Kong.
Apple Censors App Uses By Protesters
As tensions amplify in Hong Kong capacity are basic and it is acceptable bright which companies abhorrence the acrimony of the mainland. The HKFP reported today that Apple had aloof an app acclimated by protesters afterward accusations from Beijing that adopted companies are acknowledging the pro-democracy movement.
The majority of Apple articles are fabricated in China by low allowance workers in mega factories so the tech behemothic would artlessly angle to its will for abhorrence of denting that ballsy accumulation allowance and ambience up boutique elsewhere.
Supporters accursed the aggregation for censorship and suppressing abandon but the move comes as no absolute surprise. Now that the HKFP can acquire crypto donations afresh it can abide to broadcast belief that would contrarily be censored by China.
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