Well, it's a matter of mindset whether people see Bitcoin or any other coin as a currency or a speculative asset. While the market is clearly dominated by the latter – at least among the non-institutional investors – the utility of crypto coins as a currency has DRAMATICALLY increased in the last few years. While you can't spend it everywhere and on everything yet, you can buy many real things with it, be it in dedicated BTC stores or mainstream chains that started to accept BTC or other coins. So, if you want to use it as a real currency, you can. The increased adoption is just not the thing that makes the news, it's the skyrocketing prices. Thus I would say it's an awareness issue at most.
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