Not to long ago, I think it was Josh Hawley or Ted Cruz, that proposed legislation in an attempt to curb online pornography or something, and part of it was the shutting down of Tor, to take away anonymity.

And being attention seeking blowhards they went to the media before they dropped it in the Senate.

That day they proposed the bill, and then like 2 days later they withdrew it, and took whiteout to the Tor part.

In that interim they got an unannounced visit and a talking to by the CIA. Turns out that TOR is mission critical to how we communicate with overseas assets nowadays. Bitcoin was guaranteed to not fail for the same reason.