I think you're giving our politicians/finance system too much credit. Besides, after the US debacle regulators did a 180 on the topic. If (and that's a big if)

I think you're giving our politicians/finance system too much credit. Besides, after the US debacle regulators did a 180 on the topic. If (and that's a big if) cryptocurrency ecosystems get large enough to attract significant institutional money / wealth management you can be sure that all participants will be held accountable in terms of KYC / AML / Regularization etc. If any of the startups here think differently they will be in for a rude awakening.