What is this based on, other than hot air? Scammers will scam, using Ethereum or any other platform that allows them to create smart contracts. or by copy and pasting a blockchain from somebody else's library (take Signatum as recent example). The community needs to educate themselves and stop falling for blatant scams, and those that can spot the scammers should report them to the admins. We, as a community need to do a better job at helping and educating each other, as regulations won't just affect ETH, it will affect all cryptos - apart maybe from things like AML Bitcoin that is already prepped for the toughest regulations.

To quote PT Barnum "a sucker is born every minute", and there's always some asshat willing to ruin it for everyone to satisfy their own greed.

As for Ethereum's future, the press and community seems to believe the opposite. https://hacked.com/is-ethereum-ready-to-play-catch-up-with-bitcoin/