I'm all for PM accepting PayPal, Interac Online, e-Transfers, and other common electronic payment types. This isn't 2005 anymore, gotta get with the times. But I suppose requiring a cash/debit physical payment or a credit card payment is one way they can ensure their phone numbers/service isn't spammed away online to every random internet entity which wants "local" numbers for fraud and scams and phishing and such stuff.
I don't think Telus will want to get their hands dirty with cryptocurrency. Too unregulated, too shady - most of it is legit enough but Telus still enjoys a lot of the privileges of a "Crown Corporation" and as such it still has a bit of an obligation/expectation to function as an unofficial government institution of sorts. And the Canadian gov sure doesn't like the notion of cryptocurrency - letting common people mint their own "foreign" currency? - not if they can help it, lol. Canada hasn't opposed cryptocurrencies, yet, but it seems likely (to me) that it's just a matter of time. They'll probably follow China's initiative and ban cryptomining on the premise of saving the environment, not burning precious resources on wasted electricity, etc etc.
That being said, it's not impossible, maybe crypto will gain traction. But I doubt it will ever come to pass, the precedent has already been set where cryptocurrencies are banned/criminalized, the future of cryptocurrency looks (to me) not very promising. (And, of course, anybody who mines crypto or possesses crypto will always always always advise people to buy into it - the sooner the better! - because their crypto has no real value unless they can trade it for "real" money, but that's really another topic altogether.)
