According to Bitcoin.com, Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty recently revealed on social media the U.S. regulators' 'Operation Chokepoint 2.0' (a government-led crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry). He pointed out that since 2021, institutions such as the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC have pressured the cryptocurrency industry through banking regulatory policies, similar to regulatory measures targeting specific industries like gun shops in 2012. As a former bank general counsel, Alderoty stated that the regulators' claim of 'not blocking banks from serving crypto clients' actually implies 'don't even think about it.'