They aren't helping, they are probably afraid of Bitcoin financing terrorism. There are similar fears in Europe and as a result we are losing the ability to use unregistered burner phones and exchanges are slowly being pressured into not allowing Bitcoin - Fiat conversion without sharing personal details like an ID scan.
Well here goes the the saying, "if you cannot beat them, join them". It seems they already acknowledged and accepted that they will get hard time killing Bitcoins, instead they have decided to adopt it to implement their laws and control it from within, at least this time through exchanges. It may not be for Bitcoin's sake but it really help Bitcoin to get acknowledgement as currency, thus making those who do not really know bitcoin at peace in using it.
