I've noted the activity of Freemasons and Knights of Malta (catholic masons) around Bitcoin for some time. The Core team is filled with Knights of Malta. These are fronts for the banking aristocracy of Europe/US.
On the other side we have the chinese Dragon Societies.
The World is a stage and the Bitcoin World is no exception.
Check one of my older comments to see how many of the events surrounding Bitcoin are staged (I will expose the conspiracy even further in an upcoming post):
https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@bitconspiracies/100-the-mt-gox-conspiracy#@lavater/re-bitconspiracies-100-the-mt-gox-conspiracy-20170821t172809642z

regarding the upcoming crash....
holding Tether during the crash will be just as bad as holding BTC as it will likely implode. There are clear signs that Tether's peg to USD may be just an illusion:
https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed
call me old fashioned but during the crash I will switch mostly to Gold .
Not so concerned about Steem as it hasn't even pumped yet and it has constant demand coming the site itself, and not from some dodgy fake dollar printing. It might fall to around 50 cent but can't see it falling much further than that.
I'll keep holding some Steem, Monero, Ethereum, IOTA, BTS and EOS . Monero in particular I believe it is one of those coins which is not compromised and might be a safe haven from the IRS, though inevitably its price will be bleeding too during the crash.

See you all on the other side, hopefully sailing in the Sun in luxury Yachts lol .