Hello everyone!
Year 2018 will be the year of regulations. There is no denying it, it is a given thing. But should we be scared or emprace the situation?
In my opinion, the latter is correct. Right now, we have so many bans around the world, the China ban, the credit card purchase of crypto ban in some countries, Thai central bank banning local banks from investing into cryptos, USA ICO ban and the lsit goes on and on. But what is the real reasoning behind those bans? Fear and the lack of regulation. With the upcoming regulation, we can expect those bans to be lifted.
Big investors also try to avoid non-regualted high risk assets. But with the regulations in mind, they will be more attracted toward crypto. All of those things combined, regulation WILL in the end lead to the increase in total crypto volume, which will of course lead to the price increase!
And what do we have to pay in return? A little bit os anonymity. Most likely, most regulations will be only KYC, ICO regulations and some kind of "how to tax crypto." But the first round will be only KYC (for those who are unaware, this mean Know Your Customer) and at least in Czech Republic, we have to tax cryptos anyway (it is not taken as currency exchange, which is tax free, but it is closer to the income from stocks or asset selling). The KYC is nothing to be feared if your intentions are pure and you are not doing any kind of money laundering.
So to sum it up. I am actually thrilled for the time the regulations will take place and the bans will be lifted! It will allow now locked markets (USA and China) to participate in ICOs again, as they will be much more secure, and we can expect more people trading cryptos again. And the big investors to pump up the price quite a bit.
I think you stated some points here but I tend to differ totally with your own opinion because the whole idea about government regulations is taking control. Government is always afraid of losing control. Giving them this singular role will mess the whole situation up in future. Why can't they leave crypto alone and face their business. I don't like the idea because we going to lose our financial freedom. Crypto is all about decentralization! Government have never had our interest at hand before and they can never have. Be not be deceived! Let us not fall to the sucker punch.They are wolves in sheep clothings.