I can't prove it. But suspect they've put pressure on Elon Musk to lie about bitcoin's carbon footprint.

Programmers in the cryptography sector (encryption) have been targeted by governments of the world for many years. The idea of legislators putting pressure on private citizens, in order to push dubious political agendas may sound outlandish and unrealistic to some. In reality, it could be a completely normalized process. A standard procedure which could have been in place for many years.

Mark Zuckenberg may have had pressure put on him for continuuing to push libracoin despite considerable resistance to it from regulators. Jeff Bezos may have stepped down as amazon CEO after having pressure put on him for many years.

Crypto miners may have been pressured to do strange things that have been documented. Such as filling 1 megabyte bitcoin blocks to 30% or less of full capacity. In order to push that strange agenda behind bigger blocks.