The news about Tether more or less getting off was a big disappointment to this no-coiner. Nouriel had really led me to believe that this would be the denouement. I am disappointed in him but he still remains my hero, his substantive arguments are rock solid IMHO.
I have just finished watching an online MIT course by Prof Gary Gensler on Blockchain & Money. He describes himself as neither a BTC minimalist or maximilist. The course was videoed in late 2018 with BTC having fallen from 20K to 6K. The bit on ICOs was trully unbelievable - what a scam! The course confirmed me in my no-coiner convictions, in fact BTC's current $50k price seems to me to hasten its downfall. For example, it would seem to bring forward the day of serious intervention by the FED and that would be the end IMHO.