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8. "He worries that they enable illicit activity by making money transactions less transparent.""

Tue Jun 17, 2025, 10:42 PM

Jun 17

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/joseph-stiglitz-we-should-shutdown-the-cryptocurrencies.html

I don't know why anyone would want to give the government full visibility into every transaction we make. It's no one's business how I spend my money.

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