I think there is a big difference between regulations and war.
I have always been a friend of some regulative measures because they make it more difficult for scammers to use bitcoin for their purposes.
And I think as well that regulations make crypto currencies more accepted in the public opinion.
Regulative measures can make the trust in crypto currencies stronger, and maybe even decline the big swings of the price.
Massively agree. People tend to exaggerate everything heavily. The world looks like black and white to them, they don't see either colors or shades, all 50 of them. Mass media with their yellow journalism and sensationalism are also a contributing factor. And this can be very annoying or even frustrating when people are so myopic and don't look beyond attention-grabbing headlines.