[epa]

What is a tech stock's inherent value? They typically lose money and have a ton of employees. How is bitcoin different? You are investing in a technology with a group of people who are supporting it. As more people agree it is useful, the price goes up. Same thing as a stock.

[Aunche]

Tech stocks aren't stores of value either. They're investments. No matter how speculative they are, the company is expected to return its profits back to the shareholders.

[epa]

Now we are just playing with semantics.

[Aunche]

From an purchaser's perspective, Bitcoin may be indistinguishable from a meme stock, but behind the scenes it's entirely different. You can't store wealth in a company because the company requires wealth the operate.