This type of articles is the cancer of Crypto, and is the reason why crypto continues to be a pool of scams with degrading reliability.

Many companies use BitShares blockchain as their backend or for token issuence.

Ok, sounds great, but you didn't list those "companies" or given any proof or source of information.

Don't get me wrong, I have faith in BitShares, but if obscure articles like this continue to surface, the project might catch a bad reputation eventually.

This is a critical time for BTS to be straightforward and honest.
Transparency is key.