February 15, 2022. The federal government published an order telling Canadian banks, credit unions, insurers, brokers and payment apps to stop dealing with "designated persons." The order names "virtual currency" twice. Section 3 lists who this is addressed to: banks, credit unions, trust companies, securities dealers, and "entities that provide a platform to raise funds or virtual currency through donations." Not one line of it is addressed to a wallet. It can't be. A freeze order is a letter to the people who hold your money for you. If nobody holds it for you, there is nobody to write to. Section 7 is the part to read twice: "no civil proceedings lie against an entity for complying with this Order." The institution that froze the account was granted immunity in advance. You were not. Bitcoin in your own wallet has never needed immunity. There's no one to sue, because no one else can comply.