BTC is supposed to be free and borderless, but with this kind of tracing it feels like they decide which coins are “clean” and which are not.
So, using unregulated exchanges just adds to the risk since they don’t screen coins properly, so you might end up holding tainted btc without even knowing.
so what do you think, just more fud to push people into regulated exchanges, or this is a real problem we need to worry about?
It is as simple as a clear conscience fears no accusations. The choice is always yours to decide if you want to link your self custodial Wallet to the regulatory platforms or not. Perhaps if you must enjoy the decentralized financial system, then you can only use the non custodial networks that is not on the watch of regulations to do your payments and must not associate your wallets address with any of the regulatory networks such as the exchange and converting your bitcoin to the fiats.
Don't be surprised that the authorities will one day freeze users accounts for reasons that does not care about if you needed the funds at that right time. Of course it happens in the bank and will not be a big deal for them to show similar characters in the exchange that they power.