You're looking for an debate in the wrong place. I'm just speculating that the parent was referring to some law that pertains to something generic like 'currenc

You're looking for an debate in the wrong place. I'm just speculating that the parent was referring to some law that pertains to something generic like 'currency exchanges.' I don't think that anyone has been to court over such a thing (yet) so it could mean that the parent doesn't know what they are talking about too (e.g. said law doesn't apply to bitcoin).