Totally unbiased source, lmao.

There's so much wrong with this article, but in short - Bitcoin fundeamentals didn't change, you can call it a store of value if you want, others might call it a currency a commodity or whatever, but the whole beauty of Bitcoin is that it doesn't care, it's a decentralized systems and people are free to use it however they wish. Bitcoin is whatever you wants it to be.

As for deflation, Bitcoin is not getting widely adopted, so it's irrelevant if it itself is deflationary or inflationary, as it has zero macro-economical impact.