I'm thinking with all these news, the crytocurrency market is being cleaned out of its anarcho capitalist old guard to make way for the more mainstream future. With exchanges with lax KYC rules like BTC-E being closed down along with shutdown of darknet marketplaces like AlphaBay and Hansa . The market is shedding its shady past to accept a more corporate future
There is also the case of the biggest BTC mixer closing and urging others to close down also saying Bitcoin has no future with drug/weapon traffic or any other illegal activity. I'm thinking it is getting hot for the businesses who try to protect the identity of its users
https://news.bitcoin.com/one-of-the-largest-bitcoin-mixing-services-closes-its-doors/