BTC People see Bitcoin as an asset, like gold or stocks.
bitcoin is a digital gold and also an asset especially for long term use. call it what ever you like even stock, provided that all that you have mentioned is linked to asset for long term profit, then count bitcoin in.
This is very disappointing because in order for Bitcoin to become a global currency and for banks and governments to be excluded from its control, it should be used as money for transactions and buying and selling, not just as something to buy, hold, and sell when its price goes up. The current view of Bitcoin is far from Satoshi Nakamoto's original goal.
bitcoin don't need to be used as money for transaction of buying and selling for bank or government to be excluded from it control. already bitcoin serves as an asset and also as a currency so we can not neglect it value as an asset for transaction. the reason why government and bank are not in support of bitcoin is not even because it is is use as an asset to buy and hodl but simply bitcoin is a decentralized asset that runs on blockchain which can not be controlled or manipulated like fiat. so bitcoin is the worst nigh mare of banks and it is the opposite of there theory.