It's possible they will be like "hello *****, too much liquidity has left the system and into bitcoin and caused it to collapse. We are now passing a law that you're not allowed to use bitcoin and must use federal reserve digital token instead". Then they get their cashless society slave system + scapegoat for economic collapse in one swoop.
Which would further cement in the public's eye that the Fed is evil and that the U.S. is fully a communist society. Civil disorder ensues, the people rise up and revolt against a corrupt government. FedCoin is rejected by the people. The politicians are rounded up, shot, drawn, and quartered. Bitcoin goes to the moon.
Not really the outcome they were expecting, hey r0ach?
Please don't quote the prejudiced b*stard. We have the roach on *ignore* for a reason.....