Bitcoin Investors Prefer To Speculate, Would it Hurt Merchant Adoption?

While major retailers have become increasingly receptive towards Bitcoin as a payment method, research from Chainalysis Inc shows that just over 1% of transactions relate to merchants, whereas speculation makes up the dominant use for Bitcoin. However, the idea behind BTC always related to parties transacting without an intermediary, and never as an investment. With that in mind, has BTC become a parody of itself?Hodling Bitcoin Will Lead To Network Failure
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