The SEC, a government body was forced by another part of the government, the courts to allow bitcoin into their domain of responsibility. What many in the government would rather see is for the government to ban it.
It surely made some tyrants cry. Which is always nice to witness.
Bitcoin has been legitimized as a fixed supply asset; the first step to taking away the state's power to steal through inflation. Next milestone: legitimize self-custody.
Another is censorship resistance. I suspect it will take off in non US countries faster but I can see it here as well if the state and payment processors continue to censor more transactions.
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