What disappointed me the most is that the EU has become far more hostile to cryptocurrencies than the US.
Their rigidity vs US flexibility was one of the reasons the got the short end of the stick
After the Great Depression.
They are reducing and limiting change and growth for supposed stability.
A few weeks ago, I heard a great one on the Dutch radio: "
De VS innoveert, China kopieert en de EU reguleert" ("The US innovates, China copies and the EU regulates"). In Dutch it all rhimes, in English it sounds terrible. We have politicians who want innovation, but innovation doesn't come from politicians. So all they're doing is adding more new laws to the existing laws.
So the correct statement is that the USA has become more friendly towards cryptocurrencies.
It's not as if there are no changes within EU. The most recent one requires people to confirm wallet ownership for every deposit or withdrawal to or from centralized exchanges above €1000.
Privacy is not a crime, but they sure try hard to make it look like that.