I like this guys drive and it was only a matter of time before the sovereign nations recognised the opportunities here. They have a huge advantage over Wall St. at this stage if they can capitalise on it.
He wants to use this independence to sidestep the restrictions on the exchange and transfer of Bitcoin which are currently clogging up the US crypto-economy.
This quote is fundamentally incorrect. The "restrictions on exchange and transfer" is on US dollars side of the transactions NOT the bitcoin side.
Most people do not realised how oppressive the capital controls around digital dollars have become with the rush by the State and Banks to make all financial transactions observable and traceable. Not to mention they have destroyed digital dollar fungibility in the process.
