There's no law that says we cant have this. I think its a matter of agency

I agree in theory, in practice they interpret or make new laws on the fly after they've already decided the outcome. As much as it would help Monero's price discovery, staying under the radar for longer incentivises DEX and atomic swap development which gets us closer to the p2p cash parallel economy vision. I know many share your opinion that CEX listing would be good so I welcome disagreement I'm only slightly over the edge on my side.