It is not just you.
The tiny bit I know about Bitcoin makes me think there will be new versions of the pre-crackdown Bitcoin popping up very soon.
I suspect there is more than enough Dark Money in the world to fill the deepest ocean, if such currency was ever made physical.
A 40% capital gains tax. Perfect. You work to earn money and you pay taxes on it. You spend the money and you pay taxes on your purchases. You save the money and you earn nothing from it - but you lose money because inflation reduces its value. You invest the money you’ve already paid taxes on, and you pay another 40% tax on what your investment earns.
In 1775, the average English colonist paid 1-2% of their income in taxes. This, and the contention by England that they could tax the colonists when they wished, was enough to fuel the American Revolution. It’s astounding how much of the freedom that cost ~25,000 American colonial lives has been lost.