I think that main mission of cryptocurrency later is a coin which get used to pay quickly and widely that don't have any national barriers with lowest fee, and Bitcoin is also among them. So we can use it to pay for anything that we want
This is the purpose of crypto that we can use or spend it online. Not just a store of money in our wallet we have also choose to spend it. Well it depends on us on how we manage our asset in crypto. Op have the choice and for sure he has some for hold and long term investment.
In my case I see crypto as an investment because one can earn on it by buying and selling crypto. It just need a good habit when to buy and when to sell crypto. Mostly buying crypto when market is crashing would be the best thing to do. And if you are in a hurry then it might be good also to invest now and earn small amount whenever there will be an increase for bitcoin. Then never going to buy again when market is high already because this the reason why many losses in their investment with cryptocurrency.