In an economic sense,
An INVESTMENT is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth.
In finance
An INVESTMENT is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide income in the future or will later be sold at a higher price for a profit.
I really don't want to turn these into an economics class but the both definition of what investments are clearly should settle the argument of whether BTC is truly an investment or not.
i'm not agree with you, or at least half agree, it can be an investment if you hold it, but it can be fiat if you use it... If you buy one bitcoin, then join to a casino and multiply it, then cash out from the casino and sell both btc to get the cash, can we call it an investment? i don't think so, because if that's an investment, then go to casino with cash is an investment too.