Keep in mind that cryptocurrency algorithms don’t work only on your computer: You have to collaborate with the rest of the network to come to a consensus, and m

Keep in mind that cryptocurrency algorithms don’t work only on your computer: You have to collaborate with the rest of the network to come to a consensus, and many of those counterparties reside in jurisdictions other than yours. I’m no lawyer but that feels like a pretty straightforward example of interstate commerce, which the federal government has explicit authority to regulate in the US.