Can BTC realistically serve as a safe-haven or inflation hedge in its current form — or is that only possible after further adoption and reduced volatility?
You can do your research and see for yourself. You can check the value from a decade ago, or maybe I'm even going too far. You can check the value of Bitcoin three years ago, two years ago, and a year ago and compare it to the current price of Bitcoin. You can just imagine the investment of all these years up until now. Bitcoin is an asset that can be considered a store of value, but not a regular store of value for everyone but only for those who understand Bitcoin better and can hodl without any panic about the market or succumbing to greed and impatience. One of the benefits of Bitcoin is its ability to increase money against inflation.