If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend "Exit Through the Gift Shop" by Banksy that explores this concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVXThss1z4
I wouldn't be surprised if most of these robberies are staged in an attempt to raise prices/launder money.
If I owe you $100 million for some criminal or nefarious reason... Hey, nice painting you got there, it's worth $100 million you say?
Now I have the token and when someone needs to pay me, I can just pass it along. The token isn't worth anything.
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend "Exit Through the Gift Shop" by Banksy that explores this concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVXThss1z4
I wouldn't be surprised if most of these robberies are staged in an attempt to raise prices/launder money.