Ease of access for the victims, I imagine. Going from owning 0 bitcoin to hundreds of thousands seems easier giving it's popularity than say, monero (or whateve

Ease of access for the victims, I imagine. Going from owning 0 bitcoin to hundreds of thousands seems easier giving it's popularity than say, monero (or whatever the anonymous centric coin of the day is). And the ransomware guys can still wash it later by passing it through intermediate exchanges/selling it for a different crypto.