There was another billboard in Austin promoted by the same company that read "Crypto is a revolution disguised as a Casino." Feels like the opposite...
IMO part of the issue is that 'crytocurrency' refers to two things: the first is the technology to do things without trust, the second is the social movement.
The social movement is bananas but gets defended with arguments for the technology.
It was no secret that the banks could run. Not being on-board with the vices of the social movement is decried as FUD.
When financial instruments get named after vulgarities, it shows the kind of people who are running this space.