Vitalik is becoming increasingly pro-privacy:
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1000869998385074176

McAfee urging all crypto enthusiasts to become proactive and take matters into their own hands.
"We are coins, we are currency. They are frightened of us, he said."
https://bitcoinist.com/john-mcafee-says-war-cryptocurrencies/

Declaration of Currency Independence:
https://currencyindependence.com/read-en.html
"This Declaration of Currency Independence is a direct response to the continued manipulation and destruction that stems from the deliberate degradation of Value across the whole of humanity.
We, the undersigned, will dedicate our lives building networks and systems that restore the Integrity of Value and directly challenge the authority of those who seek to destroy Value."