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There are absolutely people who have cashed out significant non-crypto money from BTC. In fact crypto has allowed multiple people I know to retire.

Bitcoin also offers the very real value of enabling monetary transactions without government involvement. That’s a huge deal to some of us who value individual liberty and/or live under corrupt regimes.

I transact in BTC all the time. And while I haven't made millions of USD, it's a considerable sum. My friends have cashed out plenty of BTC into USD/EUR; well into the millions.

You haven't read enough then. There is, quite literally, an app for that. People are getting real bank transfers of "real" money all the time out of bitcoin & co.