But even the strongest technology needs support. We live in the world of narratives and perceptions. So far negative perceptions are dominating, it is changing in the US because there are a lot of active bitcoin defenders in the Hill and media. But that is not the case in the EU - there is almost no culture to work with policymakers and as a result banking industry has a full carte blanche in the defining future of regulation in the EU for crypto-assets as Bitcoin.