Gensler recently went so far as to say investors are “likely to get hurt” if stricter regulation is not introduced. Plus, the IRS has an obvious interest in making sure investors know how to report virtual currency when they file their taxes.
These token burns are designed to increase the scarcity of the token and push the value higher. Safemoon initially launched with a circulating supply of one quadrillion tokens (!!!), although the development team burned 223 trillion of these right away. Over 400 trillion tokens have been burned so far, with this figure continuing to grow as the months go by.

"Nowadays new coins can be listed on decentralised exchanges on the first day they are created, without any regulation or due diligence," said Jinnan Ouyang from Singapore-based crypto company Openmining.
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