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We don't need to listen to opinion of Elon Musk to know that governments can not ban Bitcoin. Give me the Internet and Bitcoin is unbannable.
We do not need to listen to any influencers in the cryptocurrency space but there is a lot of new investors who would listen to them and you cannot deny the fact that Elon Musk attracted many investors to the cryptocurrency market.
Governments can not say ASICs are equipments for criminals, can they? I believe it is unrealistic thing they can do.
Governments will not ban ASIC machines but the angle they are looking is that these ASIC machines are creating enormous waste and the amount of electricity consumed is bad for the climate and other than that they cannot come up with any other excuses.
I doubt any major country will ban Bitcoin, we will see them regulating them but a blanket ban is impossible considering the billions invested in the market.