People will soon see who Mike Hearn is and what his motives was behind that blog post. His employment with the competitors are the main reason for these statements. How can
you work for the rival company and still hold the competitors products? My
guess is, Mike were told to make a media statement to discredit Bitcoin and to declare that he sold
his coins, before they release their new "Blockchain" based "private ledger" technology with his new employer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/413pwp/mike_hearns_latest_blog_post_was_a_strategic_move/