According to Dan Held, Bitcoin payments did very little to drive adoption, with 99% of adoption over the last 15 years coming from store-of-value speculation; source: Dan Held on X, Aug 29, 2025. According to Dan Held, traders should prioritize signals tied to speculative demand and the store-of-value narrative over payment usage metrics when assessing BTC; source: Dan Held on X, Aug 29, 2025.