Does it even need to be banned? If the fear is that it will become a mainstream alternative to government issued currency, pushing it back to fringe would accom

Does it even need to be banned? If the fear is that it will become a mainstream alternative to government issued currency, pushing it back to fringe would accomplish the same thing, would it not? Simply associating cryptocurrencies with unsavory activities should be enough to make it radioactive to the average person. It probably wouldn't even take that much effort. A few high profile arrests of producers of child pornography and some human traffickers should do it. Have the media highlight the stories day and night for a couple of weeks. Once the association between cryptocurrency and pedophilia is made, the only people still willing to be involved with it will be those who are already deep in the shadows.