The Digital Transformation Agency goes cold on blockchain || "Blockchain is just hype"

After receiving $700,000 to research blockchain, the government's Digital Transformation Agency has discovered out that "for every use of blockchain you would consider today there is a better technology"
The DTA has gone cold on blockchain after it received $700,000 from the govt to research it, saying it is at the "top of a hype cycle" and "for every use of blockchain you would consider today there is a better technology" reports innovationaus.com

Read the article here https://www.innovationaus.com/2018/10/DTA-goes-cold-on-blockchain
To sum it up for me This article is just a claim. It does not offer any argument. It does not mention whether they looked at public blockchains or permissioned blockchains. It does not mention the criterias and while standardization usually is a good thing, it does not mention what it changes here.

So go ahead give it a read and decide.