I agree with what you're saying, cash has many benefits... I was just diffusing the ridiculous crime argument. As for laundering gold into digital currency, I

I agree with what you're saying, cash has many benefits... I was just diffusing the ridiculous crime argument. As for laundering gold into digital currency, I doubt that would be too difficult for a criminal enterprise to set up. There are actually a TON of business that take gold and output money... refiners, pawn shops, jewelry stores... and let's not forget that HSBC recently had to pay massive fines for laundering drug money - and they are the custodian of the GLD ETF