Nobody denies that he was scammed. But he didn't lose anything but opportunity costs and because he cashed out his initial gambling money, he is not worse off

Nobody denies that he was scammed. But he didn't lose anything but opportunity costs and because he cashed out his initial gambling money, he is not worse off than if he didn't gamble with Bitcoin to begin with. Coming out of the crypto game with a big fat zero is better than many others who tried it.