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Found the Pythonista ;)

Nah, this is wrong. BK has no influence over the WAVES blockchain. If they say, lost the private key with the ~1B whopper coins not in circulation, there isn't a person who can stop it. (baring ethereum style hard fork, and this wont happen in Waves).

Perhaps, but the linked article says the exact opposite - as I quoted.

It might be that different franchises are getting together to form the ledger, or maybe different marketing zones.

They may think this is easier or more fun (probably just more fun) to setup than all reporting to corporate, and no one getting to redeem or trade if their internet to corporate goes down.

Sounds like this could be solved with git and a list of approved public keys. No blockchain required.