Why cowardly, what should they have done differently if the pressure from the USG is likely happening now?

Alternatives were to:

- wait around un-registered in the US market and likely incriminate themselves further

- start pursuing kyc and compliance, which would also mean they'd absolutely need to shut down asap until compliant

They made the only move they could as a custodial service imo. It's why nostr:npub13ljnkd633c7maxatymv3y2fqq8vt3qk7j3tt0vytv90eztwgha9qmfcfhw has never served US users from the start