The purchase of any asset by the user can be called an investment, unless of course you are sure that this asset will increase in value.
As for me it is very important that it is simple to buy and sell EDC on different exchanges. EDC has a good liquidity and every day trading volumes.
What exactly will it give you? There are so many different cryptocurrency assets that are traded on many exchanges but they have no use !. In this project you have the opportunity to both buy and sell an asset, there is no problem.