It is a social situation that must change or it will get much worse ... it is up to the public to make a noise about it rather than joke about it ... BTW check post 20 you quoted someone incorrectly ...
Here is a follow up on the first post , this has taken a number of kiwis by surprise who are now unable to access their funds https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12192545
They do not need to legalise it ... they know there are people that can't keep their mouths shut and the white collar criminals are those that can ...
Maybe soon it will be uncle Sam who steals the money from your crypto wallet He's a dear old uncle. The IRS (in the Dept. of the Treasury) has issued a Contract Opportunity for someone/company for the "Development Techniques of Exploitation Against Cryptowallets." Basically, they want to steal your money Hehe... uncle Sam is such a joker. They are welcome to my old wallet, because I lost the key, so the joke is on them. Here is the Contract Opportunity. If you have what it takes, feel free to apply. https://sam.gov/opp/1476a24e8fbf49dbb7c4a3104fb2609a/view