sure. i was part of the 2012-14 crowd so i've seen a lot. anyway, the point here is, these governments are taking big brother steps because that is what seems reasonable to them. Remember facebook libra? it wanted piece of crypto pie by needlessly being a part of it "just because".

These are yet another attempts. I am pretty sure it will be forced.

No one has been able to sell me this one idea.

Conventional banking already has all the surveilance, account freezing, spending limits, interest rates, collateral, instant use so why bring blockchain?