This is great news, as the Development fund is not under the control from Steemit Inc. In EOS even the billions earned are in the hands of a few people. Hive is he only real Blockchain with decentralized considerable funds (afaik)
I guess that now finishing the Smart Media Tokens should be assured. Hive could explode in the coming months to the earlier targets of a 100 USD or more. It all depends on the drive that the people involved in this chain will show. I think they have already done incredible work, and under the leadership of 
Even if Steemit Inc copies the code to their chain, I think it is totally unacceptable and unforgivable what they did. Fuck'em is the only thing I can say... Years of suffering and empty promises... finally highjacking this chain... Get lost.