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It shows a clear bias on the part of the author and a reason to believe they would argue in bad faith.

The author being a founder a company for which cryptocurrencies are competitors makes this doubly true.

Wealth incentivizes that activity. Cryptocurrency is one easy way to transfer it, but it's not the "singular" reason ransomware is "possible."

> literally blood money

("Blood money" is an idiom, a colloquial metaphor. So a virtual currency is "literally" a metaphor? Ugh.)