We know that there are companies who are willing to concede some sort of regulation for a share in the US market....Who are they and what are they proposing in backroom negotiations?
You can't "regulate science" it works the way that it does (no amount of government agreements will make it quicker to verify ECDSA signatures).
So, I'm no scientist, are you saying that Bitcoin cannot handle a large increase in adoption because transaction times would be too slow? What are the solutions?
Well, the 1st solution is to implement the Classic Fork. Check!
Step Two - throw party for return of a Development Team that isn't STUPID and operating on Conflict-Of-Interest.
Step 3 - allow the return of intelligent governance to do its thing.