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As the Gun Market Moves to Crypto, Deeply Private Owners Reveal More Than They May Know

Lobbyists don’t want the government to track guns with a registry but the blockchains driving crypto act like one. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Sin Week.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Updated Sep 19, 2023, 4:03 p.m. Published Aug 31, 2022, 4:54 p.m.

Central Texas Gun Works, in January 2014, became the first firearms retailer to accept online payment in bitcoin. (Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)