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The law applies to juridictions. Parent comment reiterates that USA should have no jurisdiction over bitmex... But they do.

It's sort of like dragging Somali pirates to court in NYC. If it affects Americans, even indirectly, it matters.

You could argue that money laundering in any part of the world is connected to the drug trade in USA which harms citizens. This makes you automatically the target of us law enforcement.

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> Parent comment reiterates that USA should have no jurisdiction over bitmex... But they do

The article is about a US citizen being arrested, in the US, for failing to obey US laws.

You can't simply circumvent the laws of a country by declaring your business to be operated in another country. That's not unique to the United States.

its exactly like how chinese human rights abuses bother the americans n europeans. the chinese always say thats interfering with their domestic policies.

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