Governments around the world are without a doubt understanding that bitcoin is a way bigger threat than what they thought originally, they thought that this coin will be used just by a few people that were anti-government or something and they are realizing that bitcoin is making its way around all society and they do not want that, so I'll not be surprised if we see many countries banning cryptocurrencies while others decide to apply very heavy regulations to them, and yet despite all of their efforts this is going to fail.
They will fail because large and known corporations are now joining the crypto community. And the latest of them is Tesla, who publicly announced their investments in crypto. If these governments will continue to ban the usage or dealings with crypto, their constituents will find a way how to use it. And I guess, it is better to regulate the usage of it rather than labeling it as illegal. Just look at first world countries, how they are treating cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech, they are more open-minded with this new technology. I hope they will change their perspectives to crypto and make something that will work for their citizens who are crypto users.
I agree, however it is not as if first world countries where that much understanding either, I can assure you that if they could in some way or form destroy bitcoin they will do it, they hate competition especially when it comes to their fiat currencies and many other attempts to create an independent currency in which government had no control were destroyed as soon as they became too big, but they are seeing this is something that they cannot do against bitcoin so they are left with no option but to regulate it, and even that is going to fail, so I'm not surprised that some countries and governments that are more authoritarian want to ban it completely but that will fail too.