I'm wondering this because is such a real threat to bank system and we all know how banks and governments are tightly linked !
BTC could make people more autonomous, self-resilient, being their own bank. You can use it like cash, making your transaction almost untraceable (or untraceable using e.g. monero or dash or laundry systems) : this is governments worst nightmare, isn't it ?
In my opinion, I think governments now have a slightly hesitation in banning bitcoin because of its popularity, many people now are into bitcoin and when they prohibited the usage of it many citizens of their will lose money. In addition, maybe they are studying it in order to add taxes in using bitcoin and planning what will be the effects of it to them. Lastly, eventhough governments label bitcoin illegal it does not mean that it will completely be gone. People will keep inveting something like this and continue to support it.