From my perch atop Mt Stupid,
I don't trust "Them." The last couple years of lockdowns, ESG, and de-platformings has made me very cynical.
"They" seem to be actively destroying the dollar. They seem to be trying to institute CBDCs. Among other problems, CBDCs will include something at least adjacent to social credit scores, where they can monitor and control where and how you spend your space credits. The harder they push that insanity, the more valuable being able to trade outside "their" system may become. I think some sort of alternate currency has intrinsic value, if nothing else, as a hedge against the dystopia "They" seem so hell bent on trying to create.
I hope I'm wrong, and hedging against The Empire is unnecessary. I don't know, time will tell.
For a variety of reasons, I think BTC is currently the king of alternate currencies, including precious metals.
To be clear, I'm not so cynical that I'm liquidating my other investments and pushing my chips all in on BTC, nor am I suggesting that to anyone else do so.