Had they instead spent resources getting their Linux packages into the native package streams for the most important distros, they would have solved more bugs earlier with help from the community.
Or, you know, even just had official Flatpaks or something. I don’t particularly like them but it’s still way better than releasing only lonely RPMs without even a repo.
The reason is money laundering / tax evasion laws. There is not really a way to buy crypto anonymously without breaking laws.