We have a rapidly growing sector that is increasingly intertwined with the "traditional" or mainstream financial sector; that is highly volatile and susceptible to fraud; and that has relatively high failure rates. This asset class has done real harm to retail investors in the last year.
The digital assets ecosystem is not a suitable or safe space for retail investors – something about which the Central Bank has been warning for some time. Against that, there is still substantial demand for digital assets – which go wider than "crypto" alone – and in particular from professional investors.