ansem shares how speculation and financial gain have been the primary drivers of crypto's value and adoption, arguing that pure utility alone wouldn't have propelled Bitcoin massive growth.
"as much as people say that speculation is like oh it's bad and it's not good, like that's what's driven a lot of the value in crypto."
"if Bitcoin was just like a network where you can send money back and forth, it would never, crypto would never have done as well as it did if you weren't able to like hold Bitcoin and benefit from Bitcoin increasing in value."