to be fair, crypto purchases have a high incidence of chargeback fraud. this is expensive for banks.
edit: i chuckled at the little britain reference :)
edit: i chuckled at the little britain reference :)
Furthermore, I'm not exactly the first person to buy crypto through the largest crypto exchange in the world (Coinbase) with such a Portuguese bank account. They know this Coinbase bank account, they know what it's for (buying crypto) and they know it's not a scam.