They knew it was coming for decades with the advent of computers and realization of storing currency as a numerical value upon which the models were built. The idea was to avoid value accrual to monopolies through decentralized value injection. That being said, the central exhange digital token is their thing. Private investors now are reacting very deliberately, knowing as soon as the worlds liquidity is sinked they can buy in and control the narrative. Basically crowdfunded half the value. They are very involved but a mathematical surety is there is always a way to game the system. I think it causes a bit more problems for them in the near-term but there is a plan to ride it out. Ultimately I could see private investors tanking BTC when it it saturated and move to a proprietary product but with securities, regular growth and stable coins theyll probably call it business as usual to annuity investors and still take their 5-10%. Theres not a lot of resistance to wealth export by nationality but it can happen, they want their taxes. It is this bickering that makes a case for centralization but no one wants to pull on the short end to commit and theres a lot of that going on.