Sadly, the chances of the U.S. allowing a free market in the Bitcoin space are far less than you’d think. They will only give a token wag to their favorite VC political donors. That is not a free market. Of course, just try to buy Bitcoin or just about anything without being compelled for identifying information! That is not privacy, which is the freedom to reveal your private information whenever and to whomever you choose. Sadly, the U.S. has devolved into a corrupt banana republic with justice to favored classes and political allies of the regime. The escape hatch is closing. The end is not certain, but if we stay on this course, it’ll get ugly. Bitcoin will survive, but the U.S. will be like Venezuela with nuclear weapons and AI.