It's strange crypto disciples refuse to see any other scenario than it "going to the moon"
I have looked at both sides of the coin and unfortunatley it doesn't add up to me
Bitcoin for example
Can't be used as a payment network ..... to slow , to volatile, to expensive
Claims of it being a store of value are again nonsense because it's underpinned by its exchange to fiat currencies
"it's a hedge against inflation" oh really !?! well to me it looks like its been in direct correlation with the rest of the stock market which has been barcoding / flatline for the last 6 months as inflation begins to take squeeze economies
So what is the next narrative that's going to be pumped as a use case ?
Maybe next year we will be able to build houses out of it .......
You really have no clue what you are talking about. Not sure why I am wasting my time.
Layer two solutions will handle small transactions then settle in bulk on the base layer. Lightening network is already handling daily transactions in El Salvador, they also can run fiat currencies on their payment rails which greatly reduces the fees associated with visa, mastercard, amex etc
All markets are somewhat interconnected since many of the same people operate in both and there is so much leverage in the market. In a liquidity event many assets get sold off.
Over the long term, it has been a great hedge against inflation. You should of included the previous years returns, all emerging fast growth tech is highly volatile. Nature of the beast.