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by Isomatik 3583 days ago
This is the SEC, their entire reason for existing is to regulate transactions between USD and the rest of the world. If you want to transact on the blockchain directly, you are absolutely free to do so, but if you want a situation where law enforcement backs you up when something goes wrong, the US govt has been pretty clear that they are not interested in recognizing transactions as legally enforcable if they can't know where the money's coming from or where it's going for about 15 years now.