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Tim writes a post about a "Money Bubble". There is now an alternative form of money that anyone can buy through their 401k if you believe there is a money bubble. He dismisses?(or doesn't even consider it?) since it uses a blockchain, because that's a dirty word in the cloud/SaaS tech circles. sigh

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Money buys things. Cryptocurrency does not. Some may use it as a store of value but it’s not money any more than gold or silver is.

I'm not sure if this argument makes sense today. You can buy many things using cryptocurrency, from food to cars to houses.

Other than a few token places that you might see on the news, crypto is not really used as money. And never will be. Transaction fees.

This is not really true in my experience, crypto is more than just Bitcoin. There are a number of options that do not have high transaction fees and that are use fairly often to trade goods.

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