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/Well it could be one reason why the price increased in this year.
The people who are victim of this ransomware could be a non crypto person so if there are so many victims then this would be a fresh money for the market and the price would surely move.
Just think about how much ransom that the victim would pay and how many of them are going to instantly buy it in order to get their computer free.