Firstly, despite Bitcoin's distinctiveness and its own complexity compared to other financial forms like fiat currency, gold, etc., its essence remains "money."
The main purpose of bitcoin, according to the creator was for it to be a currency, and that's what it is today. Bitcoin is just money. It just so happens that it's a currency that's better that every other currency in the history of mankind so far. Of course, like every other currency, it has it's flaws, but overall, it's so superior than any other currency.
It's a currency that's a perfect store of value, and also an asset, but it's still a currency and whatever affect the owners od a currency, affects the currency, that's why bitcoin is not immune to the factirs that affects the economy because it's players are in that particular economy.