They are both useful. Monero is a bit more tricky to use, there is no concept of Lightning network, you still have to wait around 7 minutes for the transaction to settle. It's not bad, but it is different. The transparency in Bitcoin is a feature not a bug.

CIA uses Bitcoin for intelligence gathering: https://cryptobriefing.com/cia-bitcoin-intelligence-gatherin...

Really? Did we IT people decide giving up privacy for security is a good idea?

The main grifters care for neither.

It's hardly just them. This tech has been commercialized for over a decade.

https://www.chainalysis.com/blockchain-intelligence/

They also do work to deanonymize other blockchains, including monero.

Lightning payments are not stored onchain and have already been proved more private than monero payments