If I was in charge of Steem I would have done the same thing.
I would be the one who wants to decide where funds go and what gets developed.

Centralized leadership and direction isn't necessarily a bad thing,
in fact that is one of the biggest drawbacks of decentralization.

However, I think in this case we can definitely come to the correct conclusion, lol.

I think he must be getting ready for his pump/dump play or the token migration or whatever the fuck he's doing.