Well.
I don't think mixers and kyc-free exchanges are crypto laundry services. They can be used like that, but they are not this.
It is the same as saying cars are a banking robbing machine. They can be used to do that, but that is not the best definition of a car.
I think that those coins associated to hacks shouldn't be accepted by any service. They should be immediately confiscated and donated to open source projects or other causes,
like eXch did.It's a shame I'm only now commenting on this post after so long, I agree with you.
The government's solution will always be to restrict or ban something,
and when it prohibits, it directly violates the individual freedom of choose. Meanwhile, individual's solution is to innovate something that already exists on the market and improve the experience according to supply/demand.
Many members wish mixers were allowed to advertise on the forum again, but we will face some obstacles:
Mixers were designed for people who want to hide their tracks to gain more privacy, but bad people can also use the mixer...
They made an analogy with the car, but the most appropriate is the train. The bandit robs a bank and escapes, gets on a train to go far away. Let's blame the train company, because it transported a bandit.
Perhaps the best allusion to mixers would be firearms, which are a self-defense instrument that ensures our physical integrity.
Owning guns is an individual right to protect yourself, your family and your assets against evildoers...
weapons shouldn't be banned just because evil people misuse them... do you guys see that the problem is the individual who uses the tool and not the tool itself?
Yes, I agree with you, there's huge trading volume on those meme coins that's in billions of dollars per day. I don't think that it's fair to consider mixers for money laundering as their main purpose is to provide privacy and anonymity but we can't change mind of those who consider such services as a haven for money laundering. To us who understand and give importance to privacy, mixers are for that purpose not for the purpose of laundering or anything else. When it comes to meme coins then like always I would say that those aren't for everyone because 99 out of 100 meme coins are created with rug pulling intention and it's waste of money to even trade useless tokens without understanding the meme coins market.
The government's persecution of mixers is a lost cause that only affects those who want to guarantee their right to privacy, while criminals will continue to use mixers as they are released again, because as long as there is demand, there will always be supply.
The war on mixers is similar to the drug war; the authorities are unable to contain the circulation of drugs while wasting public resources that could be directed to covering the general needs of tax-paying society.
My op on banning mixers:
Legitimate privacy cannot be held hostage by criminals, this logic would lead us to ban even non-custodial wallets (wasabi..), non-kyc-exchanges and services (like btcpay used in commerce).