I hope so too.
It's hard to think that the crypto world is being populated and yet it is being brought down. It can be seen in plain view. They want a piece of it.
If that is the case then it would be better to stay at a minimal number rather than getting more investors coming in. But I guess it wont happen, looks like the crypto world is the apple of the eye of the governments now. Why not? There is shitload of money inside it and where there is money, there is also the greedy government following it saying: "You cannot be free!"
I've now been in crypto trading for just over a year now, and I have to say that I can completely understand where you all are coming from, especially after being one of my few friends that are still in this for the long run, though the rest of them left after not being able to handle the volatility.
While there is a shitload of money of money in this, it's a hard place to put your money, and that's going to always have that negative pressure on the market as long as we have this huge influx of new users each year. At least, imo.
The OP makes a really good point in that the best case scenario means that the government gets involved enough for us to be protected, but not Orwellian involved. Unfortunately, it'll probably spiral out of our control and into the government's with their own blockchains, and we'll have to rely on the O.G. coins for us to keep our privacy and our right to truly own our own money.