Speculation is nearly the same like gambling, but trading is activity that the same like others business that we should be use risk management and trading plan. Beside that we should be have knowledge about technical analysis and how to predict trend of crypto market.
Actually almost the same even though indeed some people refuse to call it like gambling. Is this only due to analysis ? I think it's not ethic to say just by that
Speculating also sometimes works since analysis can't be 100% accurate.