I'd say the "price war" was known by patriots, and it being used on "The Plan's" timeline to expedite the conversion. In other words, the White hats have found a way to use their tactics against them to bring about a restructure sooner. They are using the pressure on interest rates and treasury securities to drain the DS pockets from the top down, while black hat schemes are being dismantled.
The virus is cover for both in the silent war, so we'll have a lot of gaps to fill in after the fact in order to make more sense of it.