There are huge potentials with blockchain technologies, specially its transparency and preventing double spending. I believe governments are just waiting, and see its evolution. It can help both governments and banks alike, because implemented correctly will remove their huge expenses on regulation.
Of course this can be seen as very naive, but this is the selling point. The transparency. Identabit is a good offering, why? There is no moral issue with it, it cannot be shutdown as it can help both banks, government and anybody.
Cryptocurrency can simplify dramatically normal global commerce transactions, and governments like China will have to support it.
There is only one issue, that all the effort could go to waste (ie.. governments forked and created their own Bitshares), hence I like the new licencing, at least the people that build it will get some reward. I don't think they would ever create their own chain, they need something that can be trusted and worked for a long time, if they tried it will take at least 10 years due to red tape.