I'd be fine with Russia and any other rogue financial state actors being cut out of the global financial system entirely if they're going to value relatively small-time money laundering over legitimate business. No loss there.

> I must say that I also think having anonymous currency (cash, crypto, etc) is fundamentally healthy for society on the balance. So am biased against solutions that would further it's knee-capping.

I'm honestly not seeing it. Crypto has been around for long enough to take an clear-eyed appraisal of its utility, and what I've seen has been primarily speculation (a worthless drag on society), with a smaller but hugely significant factor in enabling highly scalable criminal activity (more drag on society), and various other negatives. It has enabled a plethora of scams, shielded bad actors, and to the average person it has created pretty much zero utility.

There could be some good uses! I look at crypto like roads - yeah, it'd be great if we could all just drive anything we like, anywhere we like, at any speed, without regard for anyone else. However, to make roads a safe place for everyone and minimize negative externalities, we have traffic controls, licensing, emissions controls, and safety standards. Right now the crypto world is the equivalent of a small number of people driving around in tanks, occasionally running over a crowd of people, with no highway patrols able to do anything about it.