I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or genuine, but if you are being genuine no problem. I was mislead about this a few years ago too.
No it doesn't. Confidential transactions only apply to hiding amounts not sender/reciever. It says this on their own website.
"The addresses of senders and receivers further remain visible as well and can be retraced like on the Bitcoin blockchain"
What does price have to do with your original point?
You tried using Moneros transaction count as a metric for privacy, but then suggest using Liquid as an alternative which has a microscopic tx count - even compared to Monero
Or liquid for that matter. Which is a different Blockchain but all tx on liquid would not exist unless Bitcoin existed plus it's just as private as Monero and requires less trust in the token and hold the same purchase power as BTC... nostr:nprofile1qqsfy229w70e8lgtxavlz9t78k06yrel6fxyhreteafqet8kfxhhwmg2c6av2 It also has covenants and shitcoinz on top. Which is good for tokenized tradfi and integrating Bitcoin with our current financial landscape.
It's not "just as private as Monero"
Liquid doesn't hide sender or receiver.
You bring up Moneros daily transaction charts being 30-40k then fail to mention Liquid has like 3 transactions a day lmao
Are you you intentionally lying or just ignorant?
Using permissionless money on permissioned markets makes little sense. Why not just use fiat for those specific transactions if you are going to comply with the all rules for those specific transactions anyway? Fiat is far superior for those cases