The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.
Some vendors take crypto. Most just take gift cards.
Eg airbnb
If you are converting your crypto into gift cards and then spending gift cards that is not the same as spending crypto. That is the entire point.