No matter how government try to influence the market with their position, the core definition of bitcoin and her decentralization cannot be tarnished.
Decentralization wouldn't mean much if it passes through a centralized system.
Take a bird for example, the wings is decentralization which helps it fly
Now imagine despite having a wing it's placed in a small cage(centralized system) close to its size. Would the wings mean anything? No
Privacy is just a word, regulations already exist since a long time ago. Whenever someone buy or sell their coins, they will also link their bank accounts, not via cash or anonymous payment processor.
You need to have an anonymous payment processor if you want privacy.
An interesting take but if this was the case No scammer would have gotten free with their actions.
Bitcoin doesn't have to be sold for Fiat, it can be exchanged for goods or service.
Besides privacy doesn't mean full ghost, if you convert to Fiat nobody knew you had it before or where it came from.
So, using the word Transparency with privacy could give people the impression that you maybe harmless and have no problem with being transparent about your public activities but only concerned about revealing information that are meant to be private
Privacy and Transparency don't work together. It's either is private or transparent for all to see.
Privacy is supposed to be a right not something that scream I swim in darkweb.
In other words we have to sacrifice decentralisation and privacy for more volume and market cap of Bitcoin.
With patience I believe we could have gotten all this and it wouldn't feel this inorganic.