This is as obvious as it gets and this is their form of warrant canary. OP specifically mentioned those honeypot coin alternatives to simultaneously aid law enforcement create new investigations on users that don't catch on, as well as make it obvious as code words for their duress.
OP didn't say Zerocash, which has the optional opaque feature although nobody uses it properly. OP said Zerocoin.
OP didn't say Monero, which would stifle all law enforcement effort. In fact, no mention of cryptonote technology at all.
The incongruency was worded to be obvious to any body here for some time, but simply cannot say anything to reveal the state action against him. So therefore it is my turn to reveal how that works to help you all.
In response to non-disclosable actions by the government, some operators of tech services just shutter the service. This is what you saw with encrypted mail services in the past that weren't decentralized enough to simply ignore government pressure.
conspiracy - noun :
"the action of plotting or conspiring."
"a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful."
there's no need to attempt to trivialize reality with your non sequiturs