To take a chapter out of @taskmaster4450 playbook the Banksters are doing everything to feed the FUD through their media controlled companies.
Funny how you talked about Torrent and P2P as I was thinking of Napster and how record companies tried to stop it and it eventually led to the creation of technoly and services like Spotify and apple music that we enjoy today.
They can't stop the technology being developed and will be adopted to the mainstream.
Place some money you can afford to lose into it and forget about it for a few years, hodling has been one of the most profitable things for many in this space, even those who have no idea what the technology is.
sage advice there.