the grift must be run thru officially approved vendors (20250913)

The Treasury Is Expanding The Patriot Act To Attack Bitcoin Self Custody

per the above, it sounds like the treasury and co. are looking at treating some of the core tenets of bitcoin as being sus … unless things are run through “established” exchanges, etc.

first off, you have to take this with a huge grain of salt until it can be effectively triangulated.

that said, i wouldn’t be entirely surprised by this if it comes to pass. when the crypto-bros get in power they’re going to consolidate the mechanisms for exchange and insert themselves into the “value” chain. doing it through the machinery/guise of “national security” seems like the logical move to make.