The damage has already been done,I think what we see now is people figuring out that a lot of the garbage they threw bitcoins way was a typical smear campaign. Lot of the articles refer to the same issue over and over and people will either tune it out or look deeper.

Even bitcoin is illegal in different countries and also real money is using for illegal activities. Bitcoin just make it a bit secretive for criminals. But anyway criminals just trying to find a good method for their activity nothing special.

I am using it it for gambling online and in my country gambling is illegal, So am I using it for illegal activities?? I don't think so the only thing we need to take care is that we not involved in any criminal activities, rest everything is fine.

agree Dollar also used for illegal activity

even all of the currencies in this world must have been used for an illegal activities. The problem is not the currency itself, because it's not a living things it has no mind. The one who we should blame is the people themselves that using it, because they are a living things and they have mind.

Its fair. Not just of bitcoins value it's been used in illegal activities. Due to the anonymous nature and faster transfer bitcoin is given priority.

They keep sticking the bitcoin to criminal where in the past paper money was used by the criminals to do bad stuff and they didnt have anything to say about that.

You need not to go somewhere else to find that bitcoin is being used for illegal activities, let alone the selling of gmail and facebook accounts in the digital goods section. in the deep web, there are drugs being sold for bitcoin and its no surprise. we all know fiat and bitcoin is no difference since they both have good value.

I have heard in news on google that in France attack, bitcoin was used for buying weapons and other facilities for them, and so they remain anonymous while buying them.