> Because crypto transactions, which are recorded on the blockchain, are untraceable by governments and other central authorities like banks, they’re often the

> Because crypto transactions, which are recorded on the blockchain, are untraceable by governments and other central authorities like banks, they’re often the preferred payment among ransomware hackers and other criminals. And literally two paragraphs above that: > The prosecutor added that the case was the first in the country’s legal history in which cryptocurrency was seized, so there was no legal precedent to look toward. The preferred payment method of crime that has never been encountered by legal authorities in one of the most developed countries in the world. Very interesting.