If ChipMixer is indeed a honeypot, then the data they gather wouldn't be used to catch small or even medium-sized criminals.
I'm afraid that the $40m hack must have been the biggest theft with ChipMixer involved. There have been more hacks with smaller damages, and those got caught. Seems to me rather user's fault than the service's trustworthiness.
May I request that future questions or concerns about the theory be directed to me via DM either here or on Twitter?
Or just create a new thread in
here, wherein you describe your concerns about ChipMixer being a honeypot.