The amount of news on hacking, money laundering, drug trafficking and others that involve cryptocurrency or bitcoin seems to never run out. has become a natural law there are always two sides to this life. There is a right there left, there is a good one that is bad. so also in the world of crypto, bitcoin and others. But we must agree together that all return to their own people, want to use it all for good or evil. So there is no side of crime in bitcoin, because bitcoin is just a tool used. The evil is the human mind that directs it.
In the same manner that a knife could be used both for slicing stuff in the kitchen and slashing someone's throat. I share your perspective on this. Bitcoin is invented for all the beautiful purposes Satoshi had in mind. But it does not mean that it could not be used in a negative way. Just as fiat and gold, it could also be used by the bad people in financing or as payment of illegal goods and services. At the end of the day even as helpful to life as a medicine could also be used to take it away.