<p>Payments processing giant PayPal has cut off services for adult entertainment site, Pornhub.</p> <p>In a Wednesday night <a href="https://www.pornhub.com/blog/9122">blog post</a>, Pornhub said it is "devastated by PayPal's decision to stop payouts" adding that "over a hundred thousand performers" on the website rely on these payments for their "livelihoods."</p> <p>A PayPal spokesperson told VICE's Motherboard that “Following a review, we have discovered that Pornhub has made certain business payments through PayPal without seeking our permission. We have taken action to stop these transactions from occurring."</p> <p>In April 2018, Pornhub <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-future-has-come-pornhub-now-accepts-verge-cryptocurrency-to-keep-current-with-its-communitys-payment-preferences-300631288.html">announced</a> it was going to support cryptocurrency payments in collaboration with privacy coin Verge.</p>