I don't think you're wrong. Purchasing things that are illegal but probably shouldn't be, such as anabolic steroids, modafinil, sci-hub, within-family remittanc

I don't think you're wrong. Purchasing things that are illegal but probably shouldn't be, such as anabolic steroids, modafinil, sci-hub, within-family remittances to economically-sanctioned countries, is a benefit. It's just that if that's the only thing we can come up with, it's hard to make that the basis of widespread adoption and law enforcement and legislatures all over the world are going to try and stop you. Also, if the speculation use case disappears and illegal transactions is really the only thing left, then buying or owning crypto at all is going to put you under suspicion automatically, which reduces the usefulness.