The most important use of crypto for business is as a form of buy and hold investment. As you will know, traditional term deposits and PIEs deliver low returns, and when inflation or devaluation of the currency is considered, even go backwards. Shares, bonds, gold, commercial and residential property, there are many other investment options you can consider all with pros and cons for business investors.

Crypto has become popular as a passive investment that provides a hedge against inflation and an asset that will increase in value over time. This is particularly true of Bitcoin, which has a cap on the total available supply, and Ethereum which is widely used in Decentralised Finance Applications (DeFi).

While very early adopters benefited from the rapid increase in Bitcoin’s value, it is still far from a mature currency, and as a result is subject to a high degree of well-publicised volatility. The generally accepted rule of thumb is that a regular monthly investment is the best way to smooth out the effect of this volatility, rather than trying to pick the perfect time to buy. This is known as dollar-cost-averaging.
Globally, there are some very large-scale business cryptocurrency investors, such as Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor, who explain the case for buy and hold Bitcoin investment in a lot more detail than we can in this article. We highly recommend researching for yourself.