[fbernier]

Because unlike cryptocurrencies it has an actual value as a currency.

[fredfoobar]

What do you mean "actual value" where is that value coming from?

[mcbuilder]

Also stable value, if I stole $1 million, I'd probably want to bury it in the desert for a few years and then come back to dig it up once the heat died down. With BTC it's a big gamble what it will be worth. Fine to sit on it when the price is going up, but if the price of my ill gotten bitcoins is crashing it might force me to make a stupid mistake and get caught.

[bankisan]

I can walk down the street and buy a coffee with it.