Extra point; BitPay didn't diversify, their BCash listing is purely the result of Bitmain's and Roger's influence. They will do whatever they can to block any other coin, because we all know (even with his hash war that costs them like $0.5-$1 million per day) that they don't mind losing money. It's a political battle for them.
nope bitpay and coinbases influence was due to having owners DCG.CO
DCG want LN (an independant network) for multiple coins.
they paid blockstream to invent segwit.. community said no from november 16-summer 17
so they paid BLOQ for segwitx2. they paid samson mow, luke jr and others for UASF to push segwit through as mandatory
if you follow the money you will see it.
ver and wright are just social face drama. and not actual influencers
which again is why i find it funny that fingers get pointed as such drama queen, instead of people actually being aware of the reality.