If you're selling based on today's news, you either:
1) want to be able to avoid law enforcement through cryptocurrencies, or;
2) don't understand a clear use case of transparency on a public ledger.
Either way, I'm glad you got out of the game.
π» yesterday: bitcoin is bad because the government can't track criminals using it to launder money.
π» today: bitcoin is bad because the government tracked criminals using it to launder money.
i look at today's news a nail in the coffin of the argument that cryptocurrencies are more useful than the dollar for conducting illegal activities.
anonymous does not mean untraceable and the vast majority of criminals don't have the technical ability to remain untraceable.
The entire thing is based around consuming energy and occupying hardware. The value is 100% imaginary. The system is based on a perceived value, and given people are in and out to make money off that perception: itβs basically a pyramid scheme.
Cryptocurrencies are a blight.