Regulatory treatment of cryptocurrencies continues to evolve, but because the technology transcends global boundaries, the influence of national regulators is limited. Since cryptocurrencies were conceived specifically to avoid governmental controls, its uncertain whether regulation efforts will be successful.
We are not yet certain that it is uncertain, actually, I've read an article before that Australia is making a move to regulate bitcoin, and I think soon other cryptocurrencies. Though I don't know exactly what is already happening now, I think Australia is a strong country who really wants to prevent money laundering through use of bitcoin. And for me, it won't take too long before it happens in Australia and in some other counties as well.