Snowden Leak Suggests NSA Is Extensively Tracking Bitcoin Users :The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been reportedly monitoring the bitcoin blockchain with an eye on identifying users on the distributed network.
Link for details news:https://www.coindesk.com/nsa-reportedly-eyes-to-scrap-bitcoins-anonymity/
I think it's on the warmer side. Not entirely good nor bad. One thing, that could address the problem about security and terrorist use. One the other side, it will lessen the anonymity that attracted a lot of people to crypto. For me, a compromise would have to be made for btc to move forward well into the future