user49679: This occurred to me today: the ongoing ransomware attack (started on May 12) caused by the WannaCry virus infected over 230 000 computers so far (source: Wikipedia). This probably means that a lot of these people (and/or companies) will pay the demanded price in Bitcoin, which, intuitively, should lead to a rapid growth of BTC value. 
However, as it can be seen in the image below (BTC-USD chart taken from Kraken), this isn't happening. This is slightly confusing, so I'm looking for an explanation. 


user49709: I've read somewhere that around $6000 had been paid in total; at roughly $500 per ransom that's 12 people who actually paid. That's a speck in the ocean.

49679: <p>This occurred to me today: the ongoing ransomware attack (started on May 12) caused by the WannaCry virus infected over 230 000 computers so far (source: Wikipedia). This probably means that a lot of these people (and/or companies) will pay the demanded price in Bitcoin, which, intuitively, should lead to a rapid growth of BTC value. </p>

<p>However, as it can be seen in the image below (BTC-USD chart taken from Kraken), this isn't happening. This is slightly confusing, so I'm looking for an explanation. 
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oesaf.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oesaf.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
 49709: <p>I've read somewhere that around $6000 had been paid in total; at roughly $500 per ransom that's 12 people who actually paid. That's a speck in the ocean.</p>
