MSTR has to be the front for the US Gov. 

The Feds shut shit down all the time whether it’s against the law or not - you don’t get to act in unapproved ways no matter who you are.

That he is doing this, at this scale, now, tells me there is State backing behind this. Whether MSTR is 6102ed or nationalised or god knows what; we’re not seeing the full picture and that is intentional. 

 IIRC, Booth says something similar about Tether. 

 Haven’t heard that but yeah same principle at play. 

You don’t become a Top 20 US bond buyer in the world as an unsanctioned offshore entity in the fiat system, without having the blessing of the State and friends in high places to enable things. 

 Exactly 

 Could be some kind of deal where the USgov gets to keep the 160k Bitfinex coins in exchange for giving tether a green light