Otherwise we end up with cash that only outlaws use:
"His total assets were quickly converted to New Yen, a fat sheaf of the old paper currency
that circulated endlessly through the closed circuit of the world's black markets like the
seashells of the Trobriand islanders. It was difficult to transact legitimate business with
cash in the Sprawl; in Japan, it was already illegal."
Otherwise we end up with cash that only outlaws use:
"His total assets were quickly converted to New Yen, a fat sheaf of the old paper currency that circulated endlessly through the closed circuit of the world's black markets like the seashells of the Trobriand islanders. It was difficult to transact legitimate business with cash in the Sprawl; in Japan, it was already illegal."