Nothing has stopped the damn thing. It's always there.
It's one of those things that just keeps on existing, like gold.
It doesn't care what you think. It doesn't care whether you like it or not. It doesn't care if you understand it. It's just always there.
Might as well make it easier for people and companies to own it and trade it, and for governments to tax profits on it.
Imagine if next year every illicit drug was sold anonymously and without any in-person market. You'd probably have a lot of logistical issues with that kind of influx, but you'd rid the world of an awful lot of violence and harm.
Like someone who lives in Venezuela?
The easier it is , the latest to the party you are.
Like gold, people who bought it in 1950 , let's say as a gift to their kid, their life has been essentially the same as it would have been had they not bought it
Gold's price relies on what people think of gold.
The cancer on society is the US public debt which went from $33 trillion to $34 trillion in 100 days. It's similar in the EU.
Nothing good is going to come out of this and it's has nothing to do with Bitcoin.