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 Yes. Bravo, @Jestastic.

> “Bitcoin is safest when held in self-custody and most immune to large-scale hacks,” he said. “Criminalizing the widespread use of personal privacy-preserving technology will increase risks for personally identifiable information leaks and further capital concentration to make cryptocurrency more susceptible to hacks.”

> “This proposed rulemaking represents an unnecessarily fearful response to new technology when it's most critical for humanitarian causes like fleeing war, which is funded overwhelmingly by fiat currencies,” Shrader said.

https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-10-26/FinCEN-proposes-sweeping-crypto-privacy-crackdown-experts-provide-insights.html