While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Brian de Vallance, Acting Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs for Homeland Security, writes to Democratic (socialist/fascist) senator Thomas R. Carper, of delaware, expressing his concerns that decentralized, virtual currencies (such as Bitcoin) cannot be controlled by central banks or national governments:

       With the advent of virtual currencies and the ease with which financial transactions can be exploited by criminal organizations, DHS has recognized the need for an aggressive posture toward this evolving trend.

       DHS, through its law enforcement components such as U.[s]. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.[s]. Secret Service, has been actively investigating the emerging threat and criminal exploitation of virtual currency systems that further transnational criminal operations.

       [added 8/1/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.