Liz Warren's noise is a reminder that the gov't can make your life difficult if you are not using Bitcoin in a regulated and approved way.
The jpeg flood cranking the fees up to new heights is making life painful for people who want to transact on-chain.
The ETF is going to be regulated and approved, and paper trading doesn't require on-chain fees. Joe Blow investor and non-idealogue bitcoiners will be incentivised to use this captured Bitcoin rather than self custody.
Is it coordinated? If it isn't it's an awfully strange coincidence.