When fiat currency is placed in a certificate of deposit in a bank then the bank lends out that capital to create economic activity. When Hex is staked then what economic activity happens?
Nothing, and you get more tokens after they hold it for a certain time.
It is not nothing when stakers will be getting more tokens after holding it for a particular period, this is how staking works, I wonder why you consider getting extra token for a commitment nothing, in many other projects people stake their holdings in other to increase the number, isn't that why they have some percentage set aside to reward stakes.