Well, decentralization is a big threat to the government. And since bitcoin is decentralized and some other cryptos as well, then they make sure to impose on the people to stay hands-off on cryptos as whatever transactions will be hardly monitored and controlled by them. And the easiest way to prevent the people from hodling cryptos is to ban crypto for good and create sanction to those who are caught using it.
But people these days are wiser. If they can't access their cryptos publicly, then they'll do it privately and secretly. After all, the government won't be able to accuse them without clear evidences against them.
That's certainly true, mate. It's crypto's decentralized design which makes many governments furious. Even those that are embracing it (like the US and UK), have placed some restrictions/limitations to prevent Fiat currencies from losing ground. Would you imagine if people started ditching Fiat in favor of crypto? It will minimize governments' and banks' control over the economy.
What governments want is to tax crypto for their benefit, but not to take over the existing monetary system empowered by banks. I've heard that even governments with a "full blanket ban" like China and Russia are using crypto secretly. They don't want people using it, except for them. It's all hypocrisy. Expect crypto to remain in a contentious position against mainstream governments for as long as it lives. As long as crypto stays decentralized, nothing else matters. Just my opinion