> Here's a KPI: do you find it useful for something other than the fact that the price might go up?

I don't personally, I don't use or own it anymore. Could you explain more about your uses?

> I know I do, for a fairly large number of reasons, many of which revolve around "protecting value".

Protecting value seems (without knowing more) to imply a circular reasoning: the price going up protects the value of the token, that's why it's useful. But that's a speculative reason, no different from the price of a tulip bulb going up, has value because it protects the value of a tulip bulb.

I'm almost certainly misreading you but I'm just speculating as you haven't expanded on the large number of reasons you mentioned.