I think you've went at the extremes. Obviously some cryptocurrency users are purely selfish, don't want regulation that affects their pocket, want their coins to rise in value, sometimes even have their national currency debased to gain capital appreciation, and the like. But, don't take it to the other extremeness, in which we should welcome more regulation (as if it isn't a bureaucratic paradise already) that is completely hostile to the cryptocurrency market, for the sake of the community.
Extreme?
No, that's, unfortunately, the new reality, and with each passing week in a bear market and more and more thinking that they won't either recoup losses or in other cases finally get rich enough not to work again they re looking at every possible way for the coins to increase in price.
Do you think the majority who traded shitcoins, did bounties, and invested in every hype project really care about things like decentralization or being your own bank? No, they are after the gain in $ value, and if taxation would help them 10x in one week they will eagerly do everything possible to become true.
This is what I find quite fascinating about bitcoin, after all, bitcoin is want you want it to be, an investment, a speculative asset, a way to hide your money a way to send money, it can serve multiple purposes and with the reverse of the expression, your keys, your coins your decision to do what you want with them, one can't do anything but respect other's view, no matter how twisted it is.
