I said that investing is similar to gambling in that it involves a certain degree of risk. I differentiate between gambling, which is a recreational activity that can become a behavioral addiction, and investing, which is a productive practice in which the risk level can be reduced depending on the individual investor's skills, his ability to develop a realistic business plan, and his readiness to work towards it later. Please don't interpret my words with ideas I didn't intend. I believe my meaning is clear and does not require much interpretation.
No, gambling is nothing like investing. When I place a bet in gambling, I already accept that I might lose this money today. And I will not be too upset about it because I am prepared for that.
When you invest in decentralized assets there is a hope for you to make money from the asset when it is time to sell, but you can't have such confidence in gambling, because gambling is very difficult for you to know the kind of money you are going to achieve. Food stuff is a good business you can use any amount of money to start to enjoy what will be coming as a profit, and it will give you access to generate more profits that will give you access to add other businesses that will boost your wealth.
It can never be accurate to compare investing in digital assets with other types of investments. Investing in bitcoin for example means that you buy bitcoin and wait for the price to rise to make profits (can be similar to investing in real estates). But when it's about productive projects, it means you will bring added value to the market. Investing in those kinds of assets can be considered as passive investment since you have nothing to but wait for the price to go up.