Politics can't stop progress, it can just slow it down. Only a few remember politicians that ruled during Galilei and Newton times, but most will never forget the great minds.
Those at the power will do their best to support the status quo. But once an idea is born in humans mind it's immortal. All we need is time.
@abarticular, absolutely! just look how far we have already come in the Bitcoin revolution. We must stay true and stay strong and let time continue to reveal to us what's great and what is great will prevail; everything else will fade.
On top of that many US states have very healthy crypto regulation already. Surely this trend will only spread to other states.