investors seeking to cash in on cryptocurrency markets, tend to be discouraged by the "wild west" reputation that the industry has developed. These investors feel more comfortable with regulated exchanges and branded institutional platforms.

perhaps that's just certain transitional stage in typical "P-R-S" scheme / plan? 😉
that impression I'm getting sometimes from reading the news and how things proceed with Crypto, especially regarding regulations, all the FUD / FOMO and now this - "Wall Street 2.0" LOL

perhaps they've pre-planned all this ever since 2009 ? (whitepaper of BTC) and then kept stirring emotions up as in this documentary in 2011:

or even before that, say, since "Crypto Manifesto" some 30 years ago, back in 1988 - coincidentally the same year when Economist published its "prediction" for this year 2018 ? 😶