what if that isnt what theyre doing at all, and few are paying attention to what is really happening there?

https://i.nostr.build/1tYJ1FZ0XA9EFTCI.jpg

Bitcoin is permissionless, it should be for anyone.

It can be both. Besides, we can't stop them

Too bad it's a permissionless network so there's no way to control whether the participating peer is an individual, company or nation state.