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To elaborate on /3
There is a difference between what value is being produced on a day-to-day basis & what is being traded, and who are the genuine stake holders involved in producing that value.

On the other side, there is another imaginary price(which may sometimes converges with the real value) determined by supply/demand, and some people make a profit out of it, and some people also lose their capital by speculating.

But this disparity exists- what is being produced and what is being traded is indeed different that is why we have seen that huge correction after peaking. After the speculators square off their position, and after a level when a coin deny going lower, we find the genuine true value of the coin. But to know that value we need to traverse that path. Unfortunately, we have not devised any other method to objectively determine the value of an asset, we have left it to the market determinants from the get-go.

Inflation/deflation is debatable. But on /3 I totally agree with you.