With a bank they don't need your permission, they can just take your money straight from the bank.
With cryptocurrencies they have to threaten you. And if you're ok with spending some time in jail (for court contempt), there's nothing they can do.
With cryptocurrencies they have to threaten you. And if you're ok with spending some time in jail (for court contempt), there's nothing they can do.
Many people will make very expensive trades when facing long prison sentences, including people for whom a mafia torture and hit is a realistic possibility.
So "being ok with it" hand-waves away a very large amount of duress.
[0]https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/man-who-refused-...
It's different when you're a defendant or a party to the proceeding.
> After losing that appeal, Rawls raised another challenge: the federal statute that allows judges to hold witnesses in contempt for refusing to testify, passed in 1970, states that "in no event shall such confinement exceed eighteen months."
This limit does not apply if you are not a witness.