[JumpCrisscross]

> When I buy a big vault, extra door locks, a pitbull, and a gun to protect the gold I store at home to go full gold buggery, am I paying for the investigation, enforcement, and regulation of gold?

No, you’re paying to secure it. That minimises the fraud around gold.

> When I store gold at a business that specializes in such services, am I paying for the investigation, enforcement, and regulation of gold?

Id.

> don't really get what you are subsidizing that you don't also subsidize for pokemon cards, private equity, or any collectable

Private equity is subject to some reporting standards under the ‘40 Act because it is a haven for fraudsters. Pokémon cards are not similarly problematic so they’re not. Crypto, like securities and gambling, has proven itself a haven for fraud.

I don’t demonise crypto. But we need visibility, laws and enforcement, as well as a stream of revenue to pay for it.