That probably comes from people who know about the deep web or darknet. Black market transactions including drugs, firearms, and human trafficking as well as the rumored red rooms with live killings where people will pay with cryptocurrency in all of these things. That was all my introduction to it years and years ago, so anyone who knows about these things will probably make those correlations. It's up to us as a whole to change that.
Indeed. I think we are doing well changing the public perception so far. More mainstream coverage and exposure every day. Hopefully people will start to see the value behind the technology.