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		chii on March 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Binance investigated by CFTC over whether US resid... which is a good out come, if the goal is to prevent money laundering and proceeds of crime from being cleaned and used.

CryptoPunk on March 23, 2021 [–]

Instituting warrantless mass-surveillance, which makes institutional tyranny far more likely, to reduce crime from non-state-actors, is a terrible trade off. It's not even effective at reducing crime:

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/anti-money-laundering-has-les...

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