Research is suggesting that the number of ransomware incidents has risen in 2019. The payment method of choice for the majority of this cybercrime is cryptocurrency, predominantly bitcoin. Could BTC price fluctuations be linked to the increase in this online nefarious activity?
https://bitcoinist.com/could-ransomware-be-driving-up-bitcoin-prices/Bitcoin is quite expensive, so such scammers doing this online nefarious activity are interested in receiving it. Your guess seems right to me
ransomawer is actually true that criminals who ask us for ransom are usually with bitcoin or other cryptocurrency, but I think the increase in bitcoi prices cannot be said because of ransom although ransomawers are increasing in number because in my opinion the increase in bitcoin prices does not depend on the ransomawer now.
I think that the ransomware will act even tougher than before and we should not hope that the amount of the ransom will be less. You need to be vigilant and be able to protect your data.