This is a heavily editorialized and misleading submission title. The only thing on this page that could be construed to have anything to do with the submission title is that this organization appears to be lobbying the EU not to make self-hosted wallets (where you control your own keys) illegal.
The concerning aspect is 1 of 6 objectives so it’s no minor goal. The transmission to self-hosted anonymous wallets is what makes crypto so effective for fraud, sanction evasion, money laundering and other crimes. It clearly fails FATF Recommendation 16 and virtually all KYC standards. Seeing Coinbase and a German exchange support such an objective is rather unexpected.
I agree — I don’t see the connection between the items mentioned on the page and flat out AML/CTF evasion as the title suggests. If I’m wrong, someone please connect the dots.
I took editorial license on the title. Having worked to convince people that blockchain technology really solves more than just the privacy and payment problem I am just annoyed when the industry seemingly erodes trust established over years with a carelessly written manifesto. I just believe it merits more discourse.