Yes. All the time, just not for the things you and I buy such as groceries and transportation.
Instead Bitcoin is used to buy illegal products and services such as drugs, weapons, politicians and hit men
Instead Bitcoin is used to buy illegal products and services such as drugs, weapons, politicians and hit men
https://www.forbes.com/sites/haileylennon/2021/01/19/the-fal...
In contrast, crypto is designed (qua permissionlessness) to evade regulation. Since it's fairly crappy technology, it's also slow and inefficient and cumbersome. So, it is better suited to illegitimate transactions than to legitimate ones. Lastly, crypto is entirely dispensable.
Yes, but even with those mechanisms in place, crime was doing ok without crypto.
> Lastly, fiat is indispensable in running a modern economy.
Not sure about this.