That CoinTelegraph article was horrid, I know the steemleo peeps brought it up on Twitter and they just responded all was confirmed by Eli, as if all you need is one side to the story. They're not interested in real stories.

I actually stopped using their site after the article was released and I felt bad because I read many things about projects like EOS and thinking what a shit show and perhaps it is, but I now realise its not always the full story/