There were swindlers, schemers and con men long before Ponzi himself. Like I said previously ... frauds of all kinds. The only time I ever watch CNBC is for "American Greed". Don't know if they have done an episode on BTC yet but I do know every one I've seen to date involved good old cash money. But if it it too hot for you stay out of the kitchen.
TL;DR: I don't have an argument against you, just stay out of it and don't mess up the good PR with criticism. We don't give a shit about your CNBC viewing habits, highly irrelevant...
The article from BoE is dated 2015, already 2 years old. In cryptocurrencies that is completely outdated. Prices (below 250$ in 2015), marketvolumes and players changed completely since then.
That of the EU is from this Summer, and tells just the same! Bitcoin is too early and too complex for criminals, and a bad choice by it's semi-anonymity (FBI told that they liked it if it was used: tracking the blockchain).
Nah, criminal use was no doubt around before '15, but Bitcoin anonymity is poor ( proven by silk road bust). More than likely monero or zcash is a safer bet for criminals.
Mt. Gox, bitcoins exchange in Japan, was hacked, and 850,000 bitcoins were stolen. As a result, the exchange filed for bankruptcy in 2014. [from TMZ news desk, SunTrader is Satoshi Nakamoto, the eclusive enigmatic inventor of bitcoin].
Well they repeated this research just now in Okt-2017, and the results are exactly the same: https://www.coindesk.com/uk-treasury-cryptocurrencies-pose-low-terrorist-financing-risk/