it seems that the privacy coin has always been against the government. I used to just think this coin has a slow trend because the privacy part of the coin doesn't have the hype like utility coins. but with various government regulations also making privacy coins very difficult to move around, it would be better to choose to invest in coins that are high hype or have good utility.
it is not against the government but because it is so private it becomes the target of the legislature, privacy coins are very easy to be used by criminals, privacy has become both the pros and cons of these coins
most privacy coins like monero are old generation coins so the hype is almost gone, holding them is very difficult to make a profit, i think op should sell them and move on to newer potential coin investments