>>25965011
Well you see, back in the 70's this fella named Ronald made it so that the US dollar wasn't backed by gold anymore, but oil. Of course, being a finite resource that we use at increasing rates means this was never sustainable. Going on the cusp of being an interplanetary population, it would make sense to convert that backing to a trusted, digital asset, that could easily be moved between vast distances without taking extra resources to physically transport it.