It is what it is. Certain powerful people may in fact view all who interact with crypto on any level as the "enemy" or "bad guys" or "criminals". Some people take a dramatic black and white view of the world where you either see things their way or you're with the criminals. So just by using a cryptocurrency innocently on Steemit there could be some bank executive who read some article which made the biased case that cryptocurrency only exists to fund criminal activity.

It's a matter of information being distorted, fake news, irresponsible memes, which influence important power brokers who can determine whether or not an entire industry must be banned.