it is now an asset that increases in value, until adoption spreads and makes it a wide spread currency.
It is an asset and the earlier this will become the currency, the better for us. Right now the value and the worth of the bitcoin is varying due to some reasons of the market, and it will keep fluctuating until it becomes stable. When it will reach to its stability, then it can become the currency. And if it becomes the currency than trading in different regions of the world with different time zones will become very easy.