I think it was just rumors to make bitcoin go up, and it proved he was up after the news circulated.
and now the bitcoin prices are starting to fall after knowing that it's just rumors
They are trying to come back with big plans and introduce a hard fork because they know well that pushing bitcoin down is not easy enough, it has been on the top and still is on the top among all the crypto currencies, but i think it won't affect bitcoin much, only its price will fall slight and will boast again to a very high level. Bitcoin will lead all other regular currencies in future and will be legalized by many countries.