That's true because the most valuable online currency now is bitcoin, 1 btc for over $70k, as the adoption increases it has become more liable and the fact that it's regulated by the government, that only mean one thing, bitcoin is here to stay.
I totally agree with you, bitcoin is here to stay, and new regulations and new improvements will come with time, bitcoin will not be the same in the next 50 years.
IMO, it's time to change our belief that bitcoin is not money because it is, we are not in the early stage where we still doubt the future of bitcoin, now it seems like the world already know it and thanks to regulation as it strenghten its value.
We are not the ones who decide if bitcoin is money or not, governments are the ones who make that decision, just look at El Salvador, for them bitcoin is money, but for most of the countries bitcoin is just a digital asset. And that's the problem how can you regulate casinos where the users don't bet money?