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Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by laken on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:14PM (#17146729)
In addition, it's more "liquid" too. It's easier to turn tether into pretty much any altcoin on most exchanges vs turning USD back into altcoins.

There's still a belief in some circles too that a crypto/crypto transaction isn't a taxable event, which isn't true anymore. Regardless, some either believe this or know it's not true but find it easier to tax-evade this way.

Re:U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation by ska on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:47PM (#17148267)

  which isn't true anymore
It's hard to argue it was ever true, or ever likely to have been treated as such.