They thought their crimes were untraceable. Then their dark-web empire collapsed.

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<p>When Bitcoin was first created, it was believed to be an untraceable form of currency. This promise attracted tons of bad actors &mdash; and it turned out to be untrue. <a href="https://apple.news/T9rjlxm95TtTn3RWUl4SFiw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Apple News In Conversation</em></a> host Shumita Basu spoke with&nbsp;journalist Andy Greenberg about his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/tracers-in-the-dark/id1610256728" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency</em></a>. Greenberg lays out how U.S. authorities used cryptocurrency tracing to take down some of the most prolific criminals on the dark web.</p>