Like I keep saying, If you're in crypto to bring old, failed ideas of centralization, state regulation, and taxation, just get out. Sell your holdings, and go back to the old dieing currencies and markets your use to. Or, start your own blockchain with those principals up front. Few will have anything to do with it, but, you'll have it.
Justin seems to think he bought something he could turn into his own little digital empire, but he's done nothing but shoot himself in the foot the whole way. Practically all the producers John Galted his ass and now, Splinterlands, The #1 Dapp across multiple chains is moving to Hive as their native chain. When they make the switch, transactions on Steem are going to see a sharp drop, I'd suspect. Now, he's having to use market manipulation to prop up the investment he's destroyed just to save face.
Nothing was taken from anybody when we forked Steem to create Hive. This HF on Steem will literally erase people's funds. I've not only decided to leave Steem permanently, but going forward, I will have absolutely nothing to do with any project Justin Sun is a part of. He's a child.