This doesn't really improve the optics. If anything it makes it worse: if very technical people who clearly want to escape government oversight can't, what hope would my 60yo "I think Windows and Word are the same thing" father have to use them correctly?

Beyond all the technical discussion about the value of cryptocurrencies I never believed that the idea that everybody would carry their cryptocurrency wallet with them at all time was in any way realistic. People would get their wallet stolen, destroyed or lost all the time, locking them away from their savings. The vast majority of people will prefer having the peace of mind of entrusting their coins to a third party who'd handle the technical details and provide insurance against lost and theft. And just like that we've reinvented banks.