"The government is usually more than a few steps behind the criminals when it comes to innovation and technology," said Jud Welle, a former federal cybercrime prosecutor.
"This is not the kind of thing that would show up in your basic training," Welle said. But he predicts that in three to five years, "there will be manuals edited and updated with, this is how you approach crypto tracing, this is how you approach crypto seizure."
