PayPal is not needed for charging a credit card, and international bank transfers take a while but don't involve some weird payment provider in between neither.

PayPal is not needed for charging a credit card, and international bank transfers take a while but don't involve some weird payment provider in between neither. Also, being paid as a consultant is different thing from donations to WikiLeaks. Regarding two: The transaction cost of crypto might be lower, but carries the risk of losing the full payments as soon as some exchange decides to stop withdrawals.