Is Bitcoin an asset or a currency? Because right now it is being traded and used like an asset not a currency.
Just as dollars used to use a gold standard, Lightning is using a Bitcoin standard.
So it’s an asset that can be used as a base layer for currency.
The point of a currency is to serve as a medium of exchange, not as an asset to be held. That's why accounts where people are encouraged to "hold" currency actually exchange the currency for liquid assets like stock, money market fund shares, or an insured interest in a bank's general loan pool.