I think a lot of people who owns BTC are gambling memes

I never disputed that. It went from alts to memes too. Just like they went from both to 1st gen defi and NFTs last cycle, or in ICOs 2 cycles ago.

But that's a way most people lost money not won or earned more. And that's how they were not even so smartly being taken from them. Sure, some won big time. But few compared to the ones who lost.