I just responded to that. They have been trying be to make cash inconvenient and creating a general impression of it being a bit suspect for 15 years, making it more difficult for regular people to sell assets for cash without going through a KYC entity and declaring the origin of the money.

Bitcoin is kin to cash, they can't take it without force. Its not that useful to them that there is a trace if it's pseudonymous and anyone can "lose" their private keys (aka wait it out for regime change or move to another jurisdiction).