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,” Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, hands down In re Flipcoin, ordering that all Bitcoin transactions be conducted according to CFTC regulations.

       [added 12/30/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.