I'm trying to search as who is this trusted technology research group though because it was not mentioned in the article of maybe I just missed it. I totally disagree that we are in the edge of collapse, well at least for the bitcoin market.
I don't think it's worthwhile to put any effort into finding out who these entities are.
Back in the days nearly every 'expert' or 'analyst' or 'research group' said that Bitcoin was doomed to fail. Currently with how the market has matured significantly, the number of naysayers has decreased to such degree, that when the few of them that are still skeptical do happen to speak out negatively, people are somehow offended by it.
I see this as a massive step forwards. Bitcoin has proven most of them wrong, and will continue doing it in the forthcoming years. Some of them are so blinded by ignorance that they will never admit that Bitcoin is actually here to stay. It's their loss, not ours.