There's probably no way around KYC in many constellations regardless of the screaming and kicking of those who think this goes against decentralization as a whole. If you want to do business in a widely regulated environment you'll have to live with some form of regulation or your loosing access to big parts of the overall market.

Still the question becomes are these organizations, projects, businesses fit to handle personal identifiable information. We've just discussed this in another article. My answer is... in many cases they are not! It stays a dilemma for the foreseeable future IMO.