I find XMR compelling--it's really now serving as a stable coin (price has sat around $150-$160 forever). I do like the privacy aspects, but its reputation as a "criminal coin" (unjustified as it is) will be hard to shake.

I suspect if any crypto will be "banned" Monero will be it (whether a ban will be successful is another story).

I could see it surviving as a privacy based stablecoin--but I can also see swapping BTC for XMR being designated as defacto "proof" of money laundering....

Will be interesting to watch XMR as the months go by, and as the crypto industry matures and adoption increases.