Bitcoin should not be viewed as a currency (for the reasons outlined in the article), but the libertarian-types who were claiming it was going to replace fiat currency early on continue to peddle that about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies today. And the idea that BTC = money ("coin" is in the name and "currency" is in "cryptocurrency") has stuck in many people's minds, so this stuff is unfortunately necessary since the general public's understanding of Bitcoin is "obscure digital money that goes from cheap to expensive and back real quick".
And the media, being generally too lazy to do critical investigative work into obscure tech stuff, have actually reported on BTC as if it is a real currency in the past.
Futures, stocks, etc never had the public image of a potential future currency, which is why you don't see blog posts about how "High-yield debt will Replace Fiat in a few years" or other such nonsense. The same cannot be said for Bitcoin.
And the media, being generally too lazy to do critical investigative work into obscure tech stuff, have actually reported on BTC as if it is a real currency in the past.
Futures, stocks, etc never had the public image of a potential future currency, which is why you don't see blog posts about how "High-yield debt will Replace Fiat in a few years" or other such nonsense. The same cannot be said for Bitcoin.