Given the amount of inflation, Monero buys less real stuff today than it did even 2 years ago. It absolutely has lost purchasing power and against real money has completely collapsed. those are facts man
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1 XMR always will be 1 XMR because it's the only cryptocurrency 100% fungible, this is what matters and these stupid market fluctuations don't make any difference
You can say the exact same thing about Bitcoin depending on when you bought it. It was at $18K hardly more than a year ago when you guys were all ready to off yourselves lmao