On 7/16/20, jim bell wrote:

https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-investor-sues-irs-unlawful-seizure-financia...

Bitcoin investor Jim Harper has sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), its commissioner, and a number of federal agents. He alleged that they unlawfully seized his private financial information from three cryptocurrency exchanges.

Local and other direct P2P trades were long recommended by cryptos to remain free of such and other privacy / censorship / related issues. Many people ignored the wisdom. Privacy coins exist as well. https://www.ssrn.com/ search: chainanalysis, chainalysis, privacy coins, cryptocurrency privacy, zcash, monero, etc