But on the other hand, a company in the crypto industry right now without having a proper KYC will often not be able to accept any sort of payment, as banks/card providers would refuse to provide services to them.
Especially in US, but even right now AML5 is making huge difference in Europe too by forcing every member country to implement it (and still some of them aren't ready for January 2020 - i've read somewhere an article about many UK companies which aren't ready and even though they are leaving EU, it's still in force for them i think). Cryptocurrencies are going to be more regulated than ever and those changes aren't made for you guys, because you already know how to protect yourself, you are vets. It's for the newcomers, for the people who will join cryptocommunity very soon, with projects like Libra which are going to adapt it more than ever. The funny thing is that if we look at the "stealing crypto" problem from the global perspective, we'll see that it's really difficult to introduce other solution on this scale different from forcing everyone to register themselves and look at their hands 24/7. Furthermore, the market is heavily fragmented and there are various different standards across the world, even around the European Union. There is a huge demand for AML services and this trend will continue to grow vastly. Other thing is how cryptocurrencies has changed the crime sector as a whole - money laundnering for the last couple years has never been easier and it's time to do something more. However, it becomes really serious topic and many associations wants to fight. There are special methods and companies who deal with such issue. For instance Coinfirm, which is a partner with Binance, is analyzing cryptocurrency transactions to see if they went through the mixers and rate their risk level for AML compliance reasons. They just released their new Standard AML Risk Reports, you can see a sample of hack-related transaction on their blog, it's worth to know how such reports looks like. Hope next year will bring a lot of changes, especially now when there is a huge demand for AML services and this trend will continue to grow vastly.