When did investing become gambling?

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For anyone who has followed crypto in recent years, it is undeniable that those who talk of ‘investing’ in the space usually mean ‘gambling’. This conflation of investing with gambling is in part down to the wider economic situation which has forced a wide section of the population out of traditional investing and into more speculative areas. This is exacerbated by new technology and trends, including mobile phones and…