To keep people from investing in cryptocurrency. It is a waste of resources and provides little to no return. It does not help to decentralize or stablize the e

To keep people from investing in cryptocurrency. It is a waste of resources and provides little to no return. It does not help to decentralize or stablize the economy. Although to be fair not many fiat currencies do either. Anyone with two or more brain cells realizes that this sort of stuff is a scam. The news is publicity to stir up investors.