The rise of ransomware gangs parallels the rise of cryptocurrency, and that’s not a coincidence. In today’s “Debugger in 10,” I talk with Duke’s David Hoffman, who says it’s time to regulate crypto so it can’t be easily used by crime gangs — even if that means crushing the very concept of crypto.
Debugger in 10 is a new minisode format. I’ll take a topic from today’s tech headlines and try to make sense of it for you in 10 minutes.
BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.
I can’t believe it either. At the moment, the price of Bitcoin is above many dollars, and I think it can be even higher. Most people started buying Bitcoin because of its growth, but I withdrew everything on this platform TabTrader yesterday. I was afraid that I might lose money if it lowered the price, but the price only grew.
The rise of ransomware gangs parallels the rise of cryptocurrency, and that’s not a coincidence. In today’s “Debugger in 10,” I talk with Duke’s David Hoffman, who says it’s time to regulate crypto so it can’t be easily used by crime gangs — even if that means crushing the very concept of crypto. 
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I can’t believe it either. At the moment, the price of Bitcoin is above many dollars, and I think it can be even higher. Most people started buying Bitcoin because of its growth, but I withdrew everything on this platform TabTrader yesterday. I was afraid that I might lose money if it lowered the price, but the price only grew.