Regulations are stimulating adoption, not preventing it. It's probably more that the lack of regulations is holding this market back, and then we need to see regulators provide clarity so everyone won't end up breaking any laws.

And what government bans are you exactly talking about? As far as I know there has not been one single country that actually banned crypto. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

News sites are riding the sentiment of this market, which means that during a bullish sentiment they praise everything related to crypto, but when things turn bearish, they'll do everything to let you know it's bearish.