Like it or not, Bitcoin, like Tor, and this will continue to increase over time, is associated closely by the public with drugs, money laundering, gun running and so forth. The US government may take a more aggressive stance against it like the Chinese. There's not much in it for Apple to not distance itself from the liabilities Bitcoin presents.
Like it or not, Bitcoin - like Tor - (and this will continue to increase over time) is associated closely by the public with drugs, money laundering, gun running and so forth.