My theory is that the government didn't take Bitcoin seriously until very recently, hence the attack on it/ lack of media attention. I think people who believe that this was a big conspiracy from the beginning, created by the government in order to give the illusion of freedom are being too paranoid. The media would have/would be pushing bitcoin much harder if it was their endgame for total enslavement. Now I do believe that banks are getting more and more involved in crypto, probably buying more and more during each correction. We do have to be careful of that. Can the government even stop cryptocurrency at this point? I doubt it. They can try though