Crypto wasn’t legalized back then but look how much growth there is. People still used it and I believe people will continue to use it even if it was prohibited. A lot of what’s banned nowadays continue to happen but just underground. With crypto’s nature, it would be easy to hide the fact that you are using it.
Yes it was not legalized and I don't think people will want the government to legalize because of the tax because anything the government is legalizing then they are going to place a tax on it because that is what the government is always good at so we are going to need to accept it the way it is.
And even if it was illegal because of the profit people are getting they will not want to let it go and people will eventually find another way just to actually keep there self in business and this is about money so you can not even blame them I don't see the reason why you make an investment and the next thing it's made illegal and you are just going to run away from it just like that. And there country that it's either legal or illegal because the moment it's made legal the amount of tax is going to be so large without any major contributions from the government so it's better they should be neutral about the whole situation.