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 Interesting how they open with “…from which they earned millions of dollars on fees”

Sadly one very effective way to get the public on your side is to point out the person(s) made money doing whatever the thing is

Everyone is so facked that they’re like “that ain’t right. I’m not rich from this 9-5, and so nobody else should be getting rich either” 
 Agreed. Also interesting numbers here. 

2 billion in total transactions but 100 million in “criminal proceeds” 

Shows that most of us are regular people that just want to optimize for financial privacy in a growing Orwellian world 
 2% of Bitcoin transactions are actually useful.