Bitcoin was designed to be a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, not a store of value. You can read it in the whitepaper and that's why I have always been against holding Bitcoin because holding kills it, we need to regularly use Bitcoin for what it was created, a p2p transactions. The more transactions we make, more alive the currency will be, the more adoption and support we will see but today things are changing. Governments and big corporations like BlackRock are pushing it to become a store of value and not a p2p electronic cash system because they buy lots of Bitcoins to hold them. Today, I do not advocate against holding, instead, I support holding because we shouldn't let the government buy Bitcoin cheaply from us to later sell that expensively to us.
It's very good that Bitcoin constitutes about 1.7% of money in the world. This number will only grow in the near future.
You are right riginal idea behind Bitcoin was for it to be used as digital cash system for daily transactions as stated in its white paper. And due to its price swings and slower transaction speeds it has become more popular as store of value or as digital gold much like long-term investment. This shift is also pushed by large financial companies and governments. Your new viewpoint that it is better to hold Bitcoin to prevent these big players from buying it cheaply and selling it back at high price reflects this change showing that debate over Bitcoin true purpose is still ongoing as its global presence continues to grow.