So that large banks, Wall Street, Facebook and other large corporations can release their version of cryptocurrencies in the near future... they are trying to kill off the real cryptos to replace it with their corporate versions in a few months.. by then the media will be all in love with the cryptos that corporations release. You heard it here first.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/opinion/bitcoin-bubble-fraud.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/technology/facebook-cryptocurrency-ads.html