Simplified movement of value across international borders, avoiding excessive exchange fees.

Mind you, I don't think in its present form it is worth it (POW is intrinsically power-intensive; a lot of things about the banking system that seem like bugs are actually features; etc).

But I think A) value stored in tokens, and B) decentralized ledgers and nonrepudiation are things that are may want to have as core financial services in the future.

I think the most positive benefits are people using it to protect themselves in countries under authoritarian rule and/or economic collapse. Low-fee remittances are a lesser but still very positive use-case. There are genuine large benefits to people in these situations.

See also: Why I'm less than infinitely hostile to crypto

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/why-im-less-than-infinitely...

For me, it's the ability to send money to or receive money from anyone, anywhere, without the government's or bank approval.

If it weren't for crypto, zero-knowledge technology would have been lame