He was pushing for absurd regulations himself, such as KYC for front-ends of decentralised exchanges, so it is no surprise that they weren't his fan. More importantly, people who are in those groups tend to be aware how much he stinks of government corruption given his family ties, religion etc. - so it has always been assumed that he will get unfair treatment - and now it is seemingly turning out to go as expected. He is part of 'the establishment' that acted against the interests of the space. Regulations are also seen as only protecting the interests of the traditional financial system rather than actually protecting people; that's exactly how it seems to go so far