"What's interesting though, when the hack was announced, Monero actually spiked initially. And I actually think that's because people were buying Monero as a bet."

Those were my thoughts as well.

Soon enough this evolves into. "Let me just hold a permanent stack of Monero because these hacks happen all the time." Which is basically an insurance policy at that point. Which is already why a lot of people hold Monero. A type of insurance policy against something like your funds being frozen, bank account closures, persecution, discrimination, surveillance, and now: hacks.