It is possible as putin showed some positive feedback the last time a i checked he said that he is going to take it seriously to study this new technology.It means that the russian government are starting to get in touch with cryptocurrencies.

I doubt that on Ethereum the number of monthly launched ICO has decreased since the beginning of the year. Too attractive for any business. And this despite all the disadvantages of scaling. In addition, it is planned to launch the update in the fall to eliminate these shortcomings.

There are a lot of rumours currently circulating in the market, I think investors shouldn't pay attention to that. It is not possible that bitcoin would dip as low as $1000. It still has got a lot of investors support.

If from his perspective he is uit rigth, as crypto is aiding illegal deals,drugs baron,terrorist can all be eatablished using the privacy platform of crypto to transact among themselves