Could it be the tari kicking in? wasn't that going o be a bit eth style and assisting the Monero chain?
By your description maybe the bsv is trying to be the 5 years time bitcoin (forever poisoned in my mind by the bad actors)
I hate to give BSV legitimacy by even naming it such.. and I agree the actors are beyond bad. But if you are a big blocker... it is the chain that takes that notion to it's conclusion.