Words have meaning. TSLA is a share of a real entity with substantial assets and legal rights. While there is a portion of that value which is speculative, it’s grounded in a real business with measurable performance.
Contrast with cryptocurrencies which have no intrinsic demand or business outside of being speculated on. As Bitcoin has shown, this can get you a lot of speculative money but that doesn’t mean there’s any lasting benefit. Normal people would have their lives affected if Tesla folded but if Bitcoin shut down tomorrow nobody outside of speculators would be impacted.
Contrast with cryptocurrencies which have no intrinsic demand or business outside of being speculated on. As Bitcoin has shown, this can get you a lot of speculative money but that doesn’t mean there’s any lasting benefit. Normal people would have their lives affected if Tesla folded but if Bitcoin shut down tomorrow nobody outside of speculators would be impacted.