IPRoyal
Developer Tools
Proxy network selling residential, datacentre and mobile IPs, with USDT, USDC, DAI and BUSD on its published 25-asset list.
Category
Security and privacy vendors accept stablecoins for the same reason their customers want to use them: the payment carries less identifying baggage than a card. This covers VPNs, encrypted communication services, privacy-first infrastructure and offshore hosting. It is also a category where marketing claims routinely outrun reality, so the profiles here focus on what a provider documents rather than what it advertises — what it logs, where it is incorporated, and what payment data it retains. Paying on-chain reduces the data trail; it does not eliminate it, and no reputable vendor claims otherwise.
Developer Tools
Proxy network selling residential, datacentre and mobile IPs, with USDT, USDC, DAI and BUSD on its published 25-asset list.
VPN Services
Canadian VPN that publishes a full 25-asset crypto list — USDC on Ethereum is the only stablecoin on it.
VPN Services
Consumer VPN with a large server network and cryptocurrency payment for subscriptions.
VPN Services
Established VPN provider with cryptocurrency payment available for subscriptions.
VPN Services
Major consumer VPN provider accepting cryptocurrency for subscription purchases.
VPN Services
Long-running VPN provider with a large server network and cryptocurrency payment options.
VPN Services
VPN provider with unlimited device connections and cryptocurrency payment support.
AI Tools
Privacy-focused AI platform offering model access without conversation retention, paid in crypto.
| Merchant | Category | Stablecoins | Networks | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPRoyal | Developer Tools | USDTUSDCDAI | — | Verified |
| Windscribe | VPN Services | USDC | Ethereum | Verified |
| CyberGhost VPN | VPN Services | USDCUSDTDAIPYUSDUSDPGUSDEURC | Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Solana | Payment availability may vary |
| ExpressVPN | VPN Services | — | — | No longer accepting |
| NordVPN | VPN Services | — | — | Payment availability may vary |
| Private Internet Access | VPN Services | USDC | — | Payment availability may vary |
| Surfshark | VPN Services | USDCEURC | Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Solana, Arbitrum, BNB Chain | Payment availability may vary |
| Venice AI | AI Tools | USDC | Base, Solana, Ethereum | Payment availability may vary |
Security and privacy vendors sit at the intersection of two audiences that overlap heavily: people who care about what data companies hold, and people who already hold stablecoins.
The most common mistake in this category is treating crypto acceptance as a proxy for trustworthiness. It is not. A provider can accept USDC and still keep detailed connection logs; a provider can insist on a card and keep none. The payment method tells you about the provider’s risk appetite and its customer base — it tells you nothing about its data practices.
What to actually check: what the provider logs and for how long, which jurisdiction it operates under, whether it has published an independent audit, and how it has responded to legal requests. A vendor serious about privacy will document all four without being asked.
Several providers in this category market “offshore” or “bulletproof” hosting alongside crypto payment. The legitimate version of this is hosting in a jurisdiction with strong speech protections and a provider that resists frivolous takedowns. The illegitimate version is hosting that ignores lawful requests entirely, and it attracts exactly the neighbours you would expect — with the IP reputation, uptime and abuse-report volume that follow.
If you need resilient hosting for lawful but contested content, look at the provider’s published abuse policy and its actual track record. “We ignore everything” is not a feature; it is a warning about who else is on the rack.