One fundamental rule of of all currency is it will only be worth what people think it is worth. It does not matter if it is gold or digital currency. Keeping this rule (human nature) in mind, no one that has any real money is going to use an unregulated currency. Period. It will be impossible to "get in front" with a new technology and force it onto the masses with the possibility of the "value" disappearing overnight due to some unregulated "glitch".
Hate anyone you feel is necessary, but these facts are human nature. You are not going to change it. The devil you know is always better than the one you don't.