People are using it for a lot more than speculation, including skirting capital controls imposed by crony bureacrats, buying goods and services that are "morall

People are using it for a lot more than speculation, including skirting capital controls imposed by crony bureacrats, buying goods and services that are "morally unacceptable" to puritanical politicians, and as a means of savings in countries where confiscating bank deposits is matter of course.