<p>Proton getting into crypto because they got fucked over by PayPal is a very believable excuse for an origin story because that is also why I spent a while trying to rely a lot more on crypto</p><p>(it ended up with a high degree of disappointment; it basically is only worth it if you're completely cut off from any other way to bypass sanctions, and I wasn't in that position. also even in that case you want USDT or USDC)</p>