Monero is a good thing to look into. Even if you don’t want to hold it yourself, swapping in and out of it will make the “paper” trail that much harder to follow.
I’ve heard a lot of reports of popular exchanges freezing accounts of customers who traded with other exchanges that don’t have strong KYC requirements. How am I supposed to exchange for Monero if Coinbase (and the state of New York) dislike it?
I’m not trying to be sarcastic. I genuinely don’t know what to do in order to use Monero.
Where are these reports of popular exchanges freezing customer accounts? I'm also genuinely curious, because I've never heard of them, and a cursory Google search isn't turning up much.
As for exchanging for Monero, there's starting to be the option of atomic swaps with Bitcoin. Alternatively, you could also try going through one of the various non-KYC automated swapping services.
Only use exchanges to put in cash or to do exchanges. If you're serious about crypto and want more than a few hundred dollars in there, you should get a ledger and move your money off of the exchanges (hardware wallet).
