Bitcoin obituaries, checked
Bitcoin is dead. Again.
Declared dead 143 times here (verified)
99Bitcoins counts 477; see their list. We list only the ones we could check ourselves.
Bitcoin now: …
2011 1 verified
WIRED
“The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $2.36 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2013 2 verified, 1 notable
Slate Magazine
“Fool’s Gold”
BTC that day: $160 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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The New York Times (Paul Krugman)
“Bitcoin Is Evil”
BTC that day: $724 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2014 2 verified, 1 notable
Daily Intelligencer
“The Doomsday Cult of Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $682 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC (Warren Buffett)
“Buffett blasts bitcoin as 'mirage': 'Stay away!'”
BTC that day: $641 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2015 1 verified
Motherboard
“Bitcoin Is Unsustainable”
BTC that day: $249 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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2016 6 verified, 2 notable
WSJ
“Bitcoin’s Rallying Again—But Isn’t Getting Much Attention Anymore”
BTC that day: $574 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Motherboard
“Why Ethereum Succeeded Where Bitcoin Failed”
BTC that day: $668 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Quartz
“How Bitcoin was brought down by its own potential—and the banks”
BTC that day: $572 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Newsweek
“IS BITCOIN DOOMED?”
BTC that day: $638 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Bloomberg Gadfly
“Bitcoin’s at It Again”
BTC that day: $741 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Fortune
“Why This Well-Funded Startup Just Gave Up on Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $759 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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2017 37 verified, 21 notable
WIRED
“Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It’s Something Way Weirder”
BTC that day: $1,000 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
BusinessInsider
“A leading economist explains why bitcoin isn’t money”
BTC that day: $1,187 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Yahoo Finance
“Bitcoin acceptance is virtually zero and shrinking”
BTC that day: $2,311 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CoinDesk
“Bitcoin Bear Peter Schiff Doubles Down: Even at $4,000 It’s Still a ‘Bubble’”
BTC that day: $4,376 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Forbes
“Big Governments Will Crush Bitcoin, But Won’t Kill It”
BTC that day: $4,091 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Forbes
“Why China Crushed Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $4,312 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is a ‘fraud’ that will eventually blow up”
BTC that day: $4,199 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin is in a bubble, and here’s how it’s going to crash”
BTC that day: $4,170 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“JPMorgan’s top quant strategist, echoing CEO, compares bitcoin to ‘pyramid scheme’”
BTC that day: $3,216 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Wall Street Journal
“Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows The Truth: It Is Probably Worth Zero”
BTC that day: $3,679 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio: Bitcoin is a bubble”
BTC that day: $4,092 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Economic Times
“7 reasons why you should not invest in bitcoins, cryptocurrencies”
BTC that day: $4,394 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Jamie Dimon says if you’re ‘stupid’ enough to buy bitcoin, you’ll pay the price one day”
BTC that day: $5,436 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
TheStreet
“Peter Schiff: Bitcoin Is Not the Money of the Future”
BTC that day: $5,826 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Nobel-winning economist Shiller calls bitcoin a fad”
BTC that day: $5,692 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Technology Will Kill Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $5,697 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Prince Alwaleed says bitcoin will implode: ‘Enron in the making’”
BTC that day: $5,982 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Bitcoin Is the ‘Very Definition’ of a Bubble, Credit Suisse CEO Says”
BTC that day: $6,752 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Bitcoin has no future because of its anonymity, SocGen CEO says”
BTC that day: $6,961 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“One of Asia’s largest banks says bitcoin is ‘a Ponzi scheme’”
BTC that day: $6,494 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Reuters
“Bitcoin is a bubble, no plans to short-sell: Japan Post Bank CIO”
BTC that day: $7,280 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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the Guardian
“The Guardian view on cryptocurrencies: blockchain of fools”
BTC that day: $8,237 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Bitcoin rally may continue — but is it driven more by high-school dropouts than fundamentals?”
BTC that day: $9,312 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner Stiglitz Says”
BTC that day: $9,919 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Bloomberg.com
“This Is What Could Pop the Bitcoin Bubble”
BTC that day: $9,919 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Business Insider Australia
“There’s a ‘fatal’ flaw in cryptocurrencies which means they can never be real currencies”
BTC that day: $9,988 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Bitcoin is a ‘dangerous speculative bubble,’ Yale expert says”
BTC that day: $11,180 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Irish Times
“Bitcoin: French economist predicts day of reckoning”
BTC that day: $11,591 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Greenspan compares bitcoin to Colonial America currency that eventually became worthless”
BTC that day: $11,660 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Engadget
“Bitcoin is failing as a currency”
BTC that day: $16,252 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin buyers should be prepared to lose all their money, top UK regulator warns”
BTC that day: $16,408 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
RT International
“Russia & China will engineer bitcoin apocalypse, Saxo Bank predicts”
BTC that day: $16,408 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Sun
“Real life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort slams Bitcoin as a ‘huge, gigantic scam’ and warns wannabe investors not to waste their money”
BTC that day: $16,408 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Seth Klarman calls bitcoin a ‘trading sardine,’ others say ‘speculative mania’”
BTC that day: $16,408 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
RT International
“Bitcoin heading to $0.00 & many will lose everything when bubble pops”
BTC that day: $16,357 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Bitcoin Is an Implausible Currency”
BTC that day: $15,678 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Forbes
“The Great Bitcoin Scam”
BTC that day: $15,422 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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2018 55 verified, 24 notable
CTech (Calcalist)
“2018 Forecasts: Bitcoin Will Crash”
BTC that day: $13,375 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
BostonGlobe.com
“The bitcoin bubble will likely burst, and here’s why”
BTC that day: $14,793 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Investor who called last two major market crashes says bitcoin is a bubble”
BTC that day: $15,039 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
the Guardian
“The Guardian view on cryptocurrencies: a greater fool’s gold”
BTC that day: $17,156 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Social Europe
“Bitcoin Is Not The Currency Of The Future”
BTC that day: $14,883 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Motley Fool Canada
“Bitcoin’s Demise Moves Closer”
BTC that day: $13,286 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin is a ‘pyramid scheme,’ warns former Wells Fargo CEO Dick Kovacevich”
BTC that day: $13,554 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Sorry, Bitcoin Fans. Digital Currency Is Still a Dream.”
BTC that day: $13,554 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Express.co.uk
“Bitcoin price THREAT: Bitcoin WON’T last past 2018”
BTC that day: $11,175 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin could be here for 100 years but it’s more likely to ‘totally collapse,’ Nobel laureate says”
BTC that day: $11,175 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Investing.com
“5 Reasons Bitcoin Won’t Survive”
BTC that day: $11,513 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Project Syndicate
“Blockchain’s Broken Promises”
BTC that day: $11,151 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Yahoo Finance
“Bitcoin’s a joke, but there is serious money to be made”
BTC that day: $11,431 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Seattle Times
“Bitcoin is basically a Ponzi scheme”
BTC that day: $11,186 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Roubini Says Bitcoin Is the ‘Biggest Bubble in Human History’”
BTC that day: $9,098 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Bitcoin savaged by BIS as ‘a bubble, Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster’”
BTC that day: $6,925 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Express.co.uk
“‘Bitcoin price is pure speculation’ Bank of Austria chief attacks popular cryptocurrency”
BTC that day: $8,689 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Is Bitcoin Heading To Zero?”
BTC that day: $8,561 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Reuters
“BoE’s Carney says Bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as currency”
BTC that day: $11,172 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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MarketWatch
“Hedge-fund honcho Singer says bitcoin is ‘one of the most brilliant scams in history’”
BTC that day: $11,172 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“World’s largest asset manager says get ready to ‘stomach complete losses’ in cryptocurrencies”
BTC that day: $9,582 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Quartz
“Cryptocurrency is a giant multi-level marketing scheme”
BTC that day: $10,629 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
the Guardian
“Bitcoin is based on the blockchain pipe dream”
BTC that day: $11,517 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin is ‘worthless’ and will perform worse than stocks in the coming months, analyst says”
BTC that day: $6,811 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“This is all it would take for bitcoin to become a worthless cryptocurrency”
BTC that day: $6,955 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Warren Buffett says bitcoin is ‘probably rat poison squared’”
BTC that day: $9,696 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“There’s a ‘decent probability’ bitcoin goes to zero, says Vanguard economist”
BTC that day: $8,397 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Bitcoin’s Greater Fools Go Into Hiding”
BTC that day: $6,637 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Fast Money’s bitcoin funeral”
BTC that day: $6,720 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort on bitcoin: ‘Get out if you don’t want to lose all of your money’”
BTC that day: $5,878 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Independent
“Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest point since November and will probably be totally wiped out”
BTC that day: $6,409 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
New York Post
“Why bitcoin may soon be worth nothing”
BTC that day: $6,519 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
NYTimes
“Why I’m a Crypto Skeptic”
BTC that day: $8,171 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Bitcoin is useless as a payment mechanism and ridiculous as a store of value”
BTC that day: $6,252 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Economist
“Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are useless”
BTC that day: $7,032 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Mises Institute
“The Great Cryptocurrency Crash of 2018”
BTC that day: $6,284 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority
“Crypto-assets and Money”
BTC that day: $6,496 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Dr. Doom says bitcoin represents the ‘mother of all bubbles’”
BTC that day: $6,581 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Project Syndicate
“The Big Blockchain Lie”
BTC that day: $6,265 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Cryptocurrencies Have Failed, And Blockchain Still Has Yet To Be Proven Useful”
BTC that day: $6,388 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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MarketWatch
“Victims of bitcoin insanity are quickly piling up”
BTC that day: $4,849 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CCN
“Crypto Bubble Went Bust for Good”
BTC that day: $4,492 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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The Independent
“Cryptocurrencies are about to become worthless”
BTC that day: $4,492 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg.com
“Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett Have the Last Laugh on Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $4,492 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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New York Post
“The Bitcoin ‘pyramid scheme’ continues to collapse”
BTC that day: $4,011 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Bloomberg
“Bitcoin Becomes a Story of Boom and Bust”
BTC that day: $4,279 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“I come to bury Bitcoin, not to praise it”
BTC that day: $4,279 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Bitcoin is close to becoming worthless”
BTC that day: $3,894 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Is Bitcoin Going To Zero?”
BTC that day: $3,485 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Mother Jones
“The Bitcoin Con May Soon Be Over”
BTC that day: $3,454 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Conversation
“How low will Bitcoin now go?”
BTC that day: $3,588 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Bitcoin is pretty much dead, says teenage crypto phenom”
BTC that day: $3,247 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Express.co.uk
“BTC will be ‘WORTHLESS and have ZERO VALUE’ in 2019”
BTC that day: $3,247 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Engadget
“Bitcoin’s terrible 2018 doesn’t bode well for the future of crypto”
BTC that day: $3,735 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Bitcoin Maximalists’ Impossible Dream”
BTC that day: $3,770 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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2019 17 verified, 3 notable
Cointelegraph
“BTC ‘Intrinsically Inefficient, Will Disappear’”
BTC that day: $4,032 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“‘Bitcoin will go to zero’: Davos talks up the future of blockchain tech”
BTC that day: $3,587 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Ars Technica
“CRYPTOCURRENCY: BURN IT WITH FIRE”
BTC that day: $3,456 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
WIRED
“There’s No Good Reason To Trust Blockchain Technology”
BTC that day: $3,467 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Barron's
“JPMorgan Just Killed the Bitcoin Dream”
BTC that day: $3,614 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Bitcoin has no unique value at all”
BTC that day: $3,767 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Gizmodo
“Nobody Learned Their Lesson After the Last Crash”
BTC that day: $4,153 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“Blockchain Has Been Unblocked, Unchained And Broken”
BTC that day: $5,036 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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CNBC
“Warren Buffett says bitcoin is a ‘gambling device’”
BTC that day: $5,657 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC
“Kevin O’Leary calls bitcoin ‘garbage’”
BTC that day: $7,823 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
New York Post
“Bitcoin will soon be worth zero”
BTC that day: $8,194 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
New York Post
“Bitcoin manipulation madness calls for massive investigation”
BTC that day: $7,952 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Express
“Stark warning for crypto fans”
BTC that day: $7,786 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Bitcoin’s crash hurts the latecomers once again”
BTC that day: $12,933 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
New York Post
“Bitcoin not built to last, despite recent surge”
BTC that day: $12,374 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Donald Trump is right about bitcoin”
BTC that day: $10,874 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
MarketWatch
“Bitcoin buyers are only fooling themselves”
BTC that day: $9,849 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2020 6 verified, 1 notable
Cointelegraph
“The Value of Bitcoin Will Drop to Zero”
BTC that day: $9,285 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
InvestorPlace
“Bitcoin Is Still Rat Poison Squared”
BTC that day: $11,660 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
NewsBTC
“Bitcoin is Worthless in Long-term”
BTC that day: $10,188 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Times
“Cryptocurrencies are a fad best avoided”
BTC that day: $12,832 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Motley Fool
“Buying Bitcoin is pure speculation”
BTC that day: $23,870 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Yahoo Finance
“The Price of Bitcoin is Totally Manipulated”
BTC that day: $23,253 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2021 10 verified, 4 notable
Markets Insider
“The fundamental value of bitcoin is zero”
BTC that day: $44,878 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Manila Times
“Bitcoin Inches Closer to Extinction”
BTC that day: $55,703 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The New York Times
“The Brutal Truth About Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $39,067 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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The Spectator
“The Bitcoin Delusion”
BTC that day: $63,293 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The White Coat Investor - Investing & Personal Finance for Doctors
“Bitcoin Is The AOL Of The Cryptocurrency Market”
BTC that day: $65,469 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CapX
“Bitcoin Is Nothing But A Ponzi Scheme”
BTC that day: $57,292 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
the Guardian
“Bitcoin Could Become Worthless”
BTC that day: $46,757 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Financial Times
“Bitcoin Is Worse Than A Madoff-style Ponzi Scheme”
BTC that day: $48,935 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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Daily Mail
“Bitcoin Is A Scam Which Will Only End In Tears”
BTC that day: $50,692 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2022 3 verified, 1 notable
Slate Magazine
“Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock”
BTC that day: $36,281 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
CNBC (Warren Buffett)
“If you … owned all of the bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25 I wouldn't take it”
BTC that day: $38,596 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
The Spectator
“Crypto Is Dead”
BTC that day: $34,082 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
2023 2 verified, 2 notable
CNBC
“Bitcoin Is A Hyped-Up Fraud”
BTC that day: $20,673 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
Forbes
“BlackRock Will Completely Destroy Bitcoin”
BTC that day: $43,600 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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2024 1 verified, 1 notable
European Central Bank
“Bitcoin Has Failed”
BTC that day: $51,863 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth … today
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