It's possible they tried to keep electricity out of the hands of common man for centuries. There's evidence that it's been tinkered with throughout the ages, but severely suppressed and passed off as black magic (taboo).
Once superstitions wore off, society pushed on and now we live in a powered technological society. Crypto is simply the next level, however they didn't anticipate we'd get it this soon. We probably weren't supposed to. Bitcoin looks more and more like a leak, or a wrench in the gear for their control system the more I research it. They didn't want it out.
Now that we have it, Crypto tech will be as essential to us as electricity. We use power in our homes, work places and the media needs it to broadcast en mass. Crypto opens up a whole lotta doors, some that worries "Them" a lot.
Get ready for a whole new world, this isn't going away.