something certainly needs to be done. where will this leave foreign 'investors'? i'd be pretty surprised if the japanese government allow them in. it could produce a walled off market, not that i particularly care.
I don't believe there will ever be an opportunity to control the ICO. It's a dream that will never come true. Governments are unable to effectively manage such projects. Investment funds will be established in order to prevent fraud in this market. That's not the best idea. But I have no other idea.
if the SEC hammers every piece of crap ICO they can find, not that they have the time, you can bet the amount of them will collapse. of course there'll still be fully anonymous ones but there's no way any of the significant exchanges will list them. the net is tightening.