Its quite alarming but I guess these people are also making money out of crypto. So most likely they cannot easily make some changes on it. There are lot of discussions about this already. If we always stick on it we will be left behind. Might as well be more productive and earn crypto more to bit the inflation rate.
The huge advancement and developments brought out by crypto in this short period of time after its production is the answer of your question. No big powers, no authorities can be a threat for it. You are very right, we should put our focus on how we can make this market more beneficial for us, by adopting the various ways of earning it offers we can fight inflation and many other societal issues.