What happens if Bitcoin became too centralized by countries/corps?

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If Bitcoin stayed on its current trajectory with countries and corporations adopting it, but the coin holding no functional use other than “hodl”, what coin would be next? Is there any coin that doesn’t end up with the same end result of “hodl” forever and has functional use cases? I don’t want to name coins because then people will call me a shill, so I’m curious if there are any that may be useful in our daily lives in the next 10 years. Does Bitcoin even NEED a use at this point?

Or is this just how it worked when gold was listed to invest in? I guess our whole stock market is considered “number go up” as well, so maybe it’s all just a hold angle and grab a beer.