This is about ending the FED.  The fine is for manipulating the price of silver and for owning more precious metals than any one organization is allowed to own.  It is doubtful that they actually really owned the amount they claimed and sold shares of.  A metal trader whistle blower has said its not credible for them to be able to transport, verify and house the amount of silver/gold they claim to own.    I can only assume that the law against them owning that much is to prevent them from being able to challenge or topple the US government if the currency is based on metals.  Part of the deal says JP Morgan has to sell off part of their holdings.  Since those holdings are probably fictitious, they have to find an org to enter into a ficticious purchase of none existant metal and transfer 1's and 0's to JP Morgan.  Or JP Morgan will actually have to sell what metals they do have depleting their storehouse of metals and eliminating the threat to the currency.    So it is important and part of the road to the gold standard.