Bitcoin has been
declared dead
517 times.
Every pronouncement of Bitcoin's demise — from mainstream newspapers, Nobel economists, central banks, and billionaires — catalogued with the price on the day of death, then set against every milestone it hit anyway. Its obituaries, and its vital signs.
The most recent deaths
Meanwhile, the vital signs
Bitcoin closes its worst month on record as ETFs bleed out
Bitcoin ended June 2026 near $58,500 — down roughly 20% on the month and about 34% for the year — capping its worst calendar month on record. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs suffered their heaviest monthly outflows since launch (~$4.5B) as sticky inflation, a hawkish Fed, and rotation into AI names kept institutions selling. Nine months on from October's $126K peak, the funds that powered the 2024 rally were running firmly in reverse.
Bitcoin plunges to a multi-year low near $58,000 on hot inflation
On 2026-06-25, Bitcoin dropped about 5% to roughly $58,000 — its lowest since 2024 — after May PCE inflation ran hot (headline 4.1%, core 3.4%), gutting hopes for Fed rate cuts and lifting the dollar. More than $450M in leveraged longs were liquidated as multi-year support gave way. The macro backdrop, not any crypto-specific failure, was doing the damage.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs post record outflows — ~$4.4B over 13 days
By 5 June 2026, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs had bled roughly $4.4B over a 13-day streak — the largest sustained outflows since the funds launched in January 2024 — led by BlackRock, Fidelity, and Grayscale. Rising Treasury yields, fading Fed-cut odds, and capital rotating toward AI listings drove the institutional exodus that helped pull Bitcoin under $60,000. The one-way flows that powered the 2024 rally were now running hard in reverse.
Every obituary and milestone, plotted on one chart
The most embarrassing calls
Most prolific obituarists
Most prolific critics
The questions, answered
How many times has Bitcoin been declared dead?
Bitcoinsdead.com has catalogued 517 published Bitcoin obituaries — distinct public declarations that Bitcoin is dead, dying, or going to zero — dating back to 2010-10-15, when Bitcoin traded at $0.11.
Has Bitcoin actually died?
No. Despite being declared dead 517 times since 2010, Bitcoin is currently trading at $61,577 — roughly 559,793× its price at the first recorded obituary.
Who has declared Bitcoin dead the most?
Peter Schiff leads individuals with 24 separate obituaries, while Crypto Twitter (X) is the most prolific publication with 73 recorded declarations.
When was the most recent time Bitcoin was declared dead?
The most recent catalogued obituary is "A Worthless Digital Asset" (Fox Business, June 16, 2026), when Bitcoin was trading at $65,617.
Where can I get the Bitcoin obituaries data?
The full dataset is freely available as JSON — see https://bitcoinsdead.com/api for all endpoints — plus a machine-readable summary at https://bitcoinsdead.com/llms.txt, licensed CC-BY-4.0 with attribution to bitcoinsdead.com.
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