Got it. In that case, why bother to take the time to write such a long reply to them? It sounds like you're trying to convince them of something, but I'm not sure what or why. Depending on what the purpose was, it would affect how I critique your post. But obviously I agree with your overarching point, which is that this article is filled with misleading half-truths.

Another side note – I'm genuinely curious if the author is purposely trying to mislead, or if this is really the way he sees things. Quotes like this:

"Fol­low­ing Hamas’s attack on Israel, more than 100 law­makers from both major polit­ical parties in the US signed a let­ter urging the Biden admin­is­tra­tion to out­line the steps it is tak­ing to mit­ig­ate crypto­cur­ren­cies being used as a means of fin­an­cing ter­ror­ism."

show that we're living in two different realities. He cites "more than 100 lawmakers" as if that should be an impressive statistic, an appeal to authority. But we know these are just a bunch of grifting ignoramuses pursuing the Current Thing.