It is unfortunately. However, the US dollar is also being occupied for illegal activity. Anything that has to do with purchasing products and services is something that can be utilized to do illegal work. Bitcoin isn't to blame.
That's true, but us dollar is controlled by banks and government. They can print it at will, cheat with it at will, loan dollars which they dont have, etc.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, is not controlled by banks nor governments. They cant print it, they can borrow bitcoin which they dont have, etc. Thus cryptocurrencies are very inconvenient for banks and governments, as they give power to ppl, and take it from banks and governments. Thus, they do everything they can do to stop bitcoin wider adaptation. The easy thing is just to scare ppl that only criminals use cryptocurrencies, or that it is some sort of scam, etc.
