Difficult to say from that particular angle, personally I suspect they are simply using the simplest way of acquiring money which can then be readily laundered. At this point, I'm not really sure that cryptocurrencies could be much more vilified in the press; I mean, last night One News in NZ had it as being primarily used by "Child Pornographers, Criminals, and Organised Crime," which, quite frankly, is a sign that the writer of the piece had no idea what they were talking about.