this is a great article, with the SEC saying recently that BTC is not a security, and not giving any specifics other than their current interpretation ie howey test.. then most of the currency coins should have a future, any new tokens created will be in trouble if some investor loses his money on a pure speculation project.
They will try to stop grass roots small investors and anyone who they say is money laundering...
https://news.bitcoin.com/another-us-bitcoin-trader-faces-prison-for-illegal-money-transmission/