Todd specifically Tweeted not to use his participation as endorsement!!!
I did not take it that way and I didn't represent it that way. Exactly because he is NOT a Zcash-fan it can be nearly excluded that he would be part of some kind of conspiracy.
Because he is not a Zcash fan he could've saved the private key and publish it at a suitable time while shorting the hell out of it on the markets lol.