Clients of so-called high-risk merchants such as online casinos, online brokers, adult entertainment, or online ticket selling are increasingly asked to make their payments and deposits via credit and debit cards. We call that "crypto payments in disguise." By offering these disguised crypto payments, merchants avoid chargeback disputes. As a result, the client loses the opportunity to get his money back with a chargeback claim via his bank (issuing bank). Do not do that!
At 11:30 a.m., my stomach is loudly protesting my 16‑hour fast, while Instagram serves me a fourth ad for "fasting‑support" electrolyte powder that costs more per gram than cocaine. My phone wants me to track my ketone levels, my "fasting window," and my "metabolic age" on three different apps. Fasting is less about food than about refusing to let the attention economy feed you—literally and algorithmically.