I remain a little bit puzzled why you seem to want to continuously get your Monero book digs in - when in reality BTC is the ONLY "real" game in town.
Monero is the first alt (okay some said LTC a year ago..) that functions as a
hedge to Bitcoin.
Same as Bitcoin is a hedge to paper assets.
Gold is a hedge to all.
This is very precious, to find an asset that has good positive EV and is a hedge.
Everyone who has BTC does a pareto-improvement move by buying XMR, with 0.25%-5% of the holdings. This has nothing to do with taking a position, it is a slam dunk move if you invest professionally.
Monero is quite a bit more than merely a hedge though.
It holds a separate non-trivial innovation track that is not developed in Bitcoin.