On: I made $100K from a dick joke

[stef25]

Not sure if it's still the case now but you could perfectly open a Stripe account in the EU without the need for any business documents.

[throw5959 → stef25]

That doesn't make it legal to operate. In every EU country you need to register to legally conduct business activity. It used to be an expensive and long hassle but nowadays it's simple and quick, usually online and cheap.