great analysis of the coinbase article! People craptalk in articles like this all the time. Like you said, someone's probably just pissed off it's potentially invaliding their own CrapCoin, or they're simply peeved they can't get a boatload of cheap EOS tokens for themselves at a reasonable price.

Crap like this happens in the stock market every day. Those who buy into the "hype" (positive or negative), will lose out by buying in the sky, or dumping into a ditch.

Be it as it may, it's what makes markets. It's what also gives me hope that at some point, there will be an opportunity to pick up all the EOS tokens you want for a fraction of what some originally paid for them. "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose..."

Finally, if you haven't seen this post by Hive account@cob yet, it's worth a read too: Shedding some light on the EOS Token Purchase Agreement.

btw, not sure if I had a chance to meet you guys, but I was also at the EOS VIP Party! :)