Especially in US, but even right now AML5 is making huge difference in Europe too by forcing every member country to implement it (and still some of them aren't ready for January 2020 - i've read somewhere an article about many UK companies which aren't ready and even though they are leaving EU, it's still in force for them i think). Cryptocurrencies are going to be more regulated than ever and those changes aren't made for you guys, because you already know how to protect yourself, you are vets. It's for the newcomers, for the people who will join cryptocommunity very soon, with projects like Libra which are going to adapt it more than ever. The funny thing is that if we look at the "stealing crypto" problem from the global perspective, we'll see that it's really difficult to introduce other solution on this scale different from forcing everyone to register themselves and look at their hands 24/7. Furthermore, the market is heavily fragmented and there are various different standards across the world, even around the European Union. There is a huge demand for AML services and this trend will continue to grow vastly. Other thing is how cryptocurrencies has changed the crime sector as a whole - money laundnering for the last couple years has never been easier and it's time to do something more. However, it becomes really serious topic and many associations wants to fight. There are special methods and companies who deal with such issue. For instance Coinfirm, which is a partner with Binance, is analyzing cryptocurrency transactions to see if they went through the mixers and rate their risk level for AML compliance reasons. They just released their new Standard AML Risk Reports, you can see a sample of hack-related transaction on their blog, it's worth to know how such reports looks like. Hope next year will bring a lot of changes, especially now when there is a huge demand for AML services and this trend will continue to grow vastly.

If I were you, I would buy BTC now, I don't think that price will be lower than it is today

imo he might be serious and advertising at the same time, or just laughing but it could turn out that will happen

Same here, Chernobyl is a series which everyone should watch, no matter what. I watched it twice and I was just like 'wow'

Checking address four or five times before sending anything, with no rush

hahaha, same. His words will make DOGE more popular

and use verified sources, exchanges, projects, coins.

Gold is much safer when it comes to storing it, on the other hand, BTC is more like long term investment

yeah, it's nice that blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are more popular all over the world and awareness among people about that stuff increase. However in case of France which wants to launch their own crypto, it's might be just an experiment, I doubt it will have a bright future, but they can try

First thing which comes to my mind about using cryptocurrencies in crimes are money laundering and transactions on darkweb. It was said that from 2019, 829 million dollars in Bitcoin has been spent there. Security system which leaves much to be desired and lack of any regulations are the main reason, nothing will change without these key factors. There are associations set up to prevent such activities for instance Coinfirm, which recently expanded their offer by reclaiming stolen cryptocurrencies. Hope there will be more and more companies in the future like that one, which use blockchain technology to solve serious problems. If you want to know more, you can visit their website: https://www.coinfirm.com

right, exchange can be shuted down any time. it's much safer to hold funds on some cold wallets

wow, I can't believe in 2019 there are still people who assume that the Earth is flat. Ahhh, the flat earth society has members all around the globe

Besides money, I like the whole background, technology, how that affects our lives and generally economy. Good to be a part of some project

On the other side there are legit exchanges which don't require ID verification to a certain limit

The safest way of keeping cryptocurrencies is cold storage, it's safe because it's offline. To me storing any data, password etc. online is very risky, especially nowadays, when 'Internet crimes' are very common. There are more and more people who are the victims of theft on the Internet. It's much easier to recover stolen money than reclaim cryptocurrencies... There are some companies which offer help in such cases, the thing is to distinguish it from a scam. I always look for partners, cooperations and background of a platform I use or I am interested about, like in case of Coinfirm, which can reclaim stolen Bitcoin ot Ethereum and are partners with e.g Binance or Bank PKO. Be careful for scams which want to fight with other scams

I think yes, it could disrupt. Take note, how many people use Facebook, almost 3 billions now so Libra has enormous users base at the beginning. To many people it could the most convenient method of payment. What' more Libra signed cooperation with 21 members e.g. Spotify, Uber or PayU... It is going to be huuuge

I've read so many articles about such scams, people offer something like profit in the future, all you have to do it pay them in crypto and then they can simply vanish. When it comes to bigger amount of money never trust people, unless that's your family or your friends. Nowadays, when the Internet grew, you can find scams literally everywhere...

Actually, it's quite important thing to avoid some scams or something. Imo KYC isn't anything wrong and it's important when it's connected with huge amount of money investments

patience and patience

Same here, I've never heard about that so far. The key is to find trustworthy crypto exchange e.g. like these above, so there would be nothing to worry about. Do extensive research about them and choose wisely.