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by warning26 1030 days ago
I’d argue that’s not really true. Yes it’s not really possible to fully prevent the use of it, but if you ban all financial entities from transacting with crypto in any meaningful way, scams become a lot harder to pull off.
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You mean like, ban the ones in your jurisdiction that obey laws?
Criminals still want actual currency (USD) making on ramps and off ramps necessary.

If the US declared it a crime and sanctionable act to use crypto, requiring banks and trading partners to drop anyone who touches it even indirectly, crypto would be dead globally. 1 BTC < $1. Everyone has to interact with US banks, they can't even rely on China this time because they're already ahead on ditching crypto.