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Re:Tether price manipulation by dgellow on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:57AM (#25684745)
> Vendors of firearms, pornography, legal funds for unpopular causes, dissident content creators

Neither pornography, nor legal funds for unpopular cause (think WikiLeaks), or dissident creators are criminal. At least not in the US or Europe. But they are still blocked by the main payment processing companies.

Re:Tether price manipulation by newsclues on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:11AM (#25685411)
The theory and reality don’t match.

Drugs are likely the number one things bought using crypto as currency.

Firearms and pornography can be bought with dollars if you’re using crypto to buy them or other unpopular goods or services, you are veering dangerously close to black markets, which invite regulation.