How are cryptocurrencies even "encrypted" and more anonymous than hard cash if all transactions are recorded in a ledger, the ledger that is the very basis of the currency? Isn't that the very antithesis of anonymity?
With traditional bank accounts there's usually a whole circus of verifying your real identity involved that's directly tied to the account.
While getting a BC wallet involves none of that, heck, it can probably be automated to such a degree that asking the question "Who actually owns the wallet created by a bot?" could become an interesting legal conundrum.