U.S. decided to empty all the “fat wallets” with bitcoin? They should have publicly stated “thank you guys for pumping up bitcoin and now we will take on this asset ourselves”, when the whole world believed in this cryptocurrency and billions of capital were poured in. The right time to get your hands on this is when BTC has gained value. It sounds slightly absurd, but it seems to me that independent individual large BTC-holders (like Roger Ver) will be forced to part with (at least part of) their savings, because it is easy to influence (find and force) such people, and the reward will be impressive.
It's funny that yesterday the state pretended that bitcoin was a candy wrapper, but today they arrest you for it.
It's funny that yesterday the state pretended that bitcoin was a candy wrapper, but today they arrest you for it.
I know, right? The US was skeptical of Bitcoin in the past, but things changed all of a sudden. It now considers BTC as money, targetting anyone involved in it as it sees fit. You can now see why Satoshi never disclosed his identity in the first place. I feel sorry for Vitalik Buterin, Charles Hoskinson, Gavin Wood, and other founders/developers/early crypto investors who disclosed their identities. They will get scrutinized by the government real soon. Roger Ver is now facing the consequences of revealing his identity to the public. I sure hope he doesn't get extradited to the US like CZ and the likes.
With the US government constantly attacking the crypto industry, we should expect companies, startups, exchanges, etc to move away from the country. If that happens, it'll be game over for the US. Especially when other countries will become technologically-superior by adopting the revolution. Who knows what the future will bring?
