[danpalmer]

Is that clear to Stripe? They explicitly ask for crypto businesses with supported use-cases to go through additional verification, so perhaps your competitors have done this.

Like app review processes and other curation, the people reviewing these things have a tiny snapshot into what you're doing with almost no context, and in a world where most new actors are malicious. It's understandable that they act with caution in cases that look like they could breach terms.