So here are some questions for all of us to have in mind and maybe gain some experience from all this...
- Will Ulbricht be released (as in be a free man not just have his sentence commuted) on January 20 or 21, 2025 (ie. the first day in office)?
Not sure about this since what US government could get if they let Ulbricht free? I guess nothing, although Trump said he release that man if he win in election there are still many factors that what he promise might not gonna happen.
- Will the US government stop attacking anything remotely privacy related? For instance will shutting down mixing services including CoinJoin tools stop? Will arresting of such devs (like Samourai Wallet dev) stop?
They don't like that so for sure they continue to attack those mixing or other services that offers privacy to their users.
- Will the US government tone down its surveillance and attempt to control everything and everyone specifically those who own cryptocurrencies?
Again no they are known manipulators so those surveillance thing or any attempt to control everything continue to happen even if we know Trump is so cool with bitcoin.
- Will the tax laws become friendlier when it comes to cryptocurrencies or will they get worse as the budget deficit and government debt grow larger?
Provably not we provably see the same approach by US government.