from my personal experience I will say that this is still the best way to survive the crisis. In my country where the average salary is $ 200 per month, it is not possible for yourself to postpone something for the future.
I understand you, comrade. Bitcoin appeared in 2008 year in the moment of big world's crisis and this fact explains everything already. Yes, bitcoin helped to many people from countries with low salaries and now altcoins are raising it's power and to somebody exactly alts became a source of wealth. We should to thank Mr. Satoshi who created this all and we should to promote crypto currencies to they would be acceptable worldwide.