The State of Florida fears this decision because it could be used as a reference by defense lawyers to make an argument for judges to junk cases that involve BTC and money laundering. Those prosecutors will fight tooth and nail to get Espinoza behind bars and make a sample of him.
I bet you, they actually wanted to make an example of him. ^joke^ Yes, if this goes through, some people might use this as a loophole to escape prosecution for similar charges. It is not a question, if this is going to succeed, but rather when. People will only go underground, once this goes bad and we have seen how over-regulation like this has made other illegal practices, flourish on the black markets. < The forbidden fruit >