What I'm afraid off is the strange coincidence in of events  such as the rise in poplarity in cryptocurrency on one hand and now  a revealation in an hardware exploit ( hardware backdoor?) in cpu's, primarily Intel.
Asise from these specific vulnerabilities, others could exist that are not yet detected.

If crypto is a danger to the Dollar = (the US, corporate banking) then It wouldn't suprise me a bit that the NSA, FBI, CIA, HSA ... whatever entity would try to be able to control technology if that technology would be able to change the US's position as a superpower in the world . No Dollar = No USA.