I have a friend who just quit his job on Friday to join a company that just laid off 2/3 of their staff to do a blockchain project. The company currently does n

I have a friend who just quit his job on Friday to join a company that just laid off 2/3 of their staff to do a blockchain project. The company currently does nothing related to the blockchain and they do not have an idea for a product yet. It seems like such a weird thing to do.