As of the current moment at the end of 2017, the prime use case for cryptocurrencies is overwhelmingly as a tool for gambling. It should be obvious and unsurpr

As of the current moment at the end of 2017, the prime use case for cryptocurrencies is overwhelmingly as a tool for gambling. It should be obvious and unsurprising to see governments attempt to join the market and take over the most widespread forms of gambling for revenue purposes and to regulate potential fraud. It's the same set of incentives that caused the old mafia-run numbers games to become state lotteries.