> The article's viewpoint relies on accepting AML regulations and financial surveillance as beneficial. You might want to check the last section of the article

> The article's viewpoint relies on accepting AML regulations and financial surveillance as beneficial. You might want to check the last section of the article: > We are a nation of laws. I’d support reforming some of them; a lot of the AML/KYC regulatory apparatus harms individuals who have done no wrong. Much is not well-calibrated in terms of societal costs versus occasionally facilitating a Bond villain’s self-immolation. > However, in the interim, one cannot simply gleefully ignore the laws because the opportunity to do so allows you to become wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice. [...] I do not know if we’ll ever have a world with this scale of crypto businesses without the crime. The crime was the product.