christ jno
are you a devotee of the FT - you must be the only one
( I was really shocked after months of dealing with foo questions on AB to see that you had a comprehensive knowledge of Gillian Flett and her articles. )
They did one on Charlie Shrem a few months ago - he served time for financing the Dark Silk Rd ( = money laundering )
sortta like this
https://www.ft.com/content/a994436a-8770-11e3-9c5c-00144feab7de
there is a later time when he out the slammer, a wiser and less volublr front man
My own view is that Bitcoin was a bit ( ha! pun intended) like the old POW currency of cigarettes ( or apparently tins of tuna in the slammer) - yo didnt need the ciggies - they could all be locked away together. so long as there was an agreed record with record keepers that tallied with the ownership