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Central Bank has called Bitcoin dead 14 times.

Every catalogued obituary from the Central Bank category, with the price on the day of death and what Bitcoin did next. Current BTC: $72,667.

Dec 13, 2025central bank

“Bitcoin Had No Value”

Crypto Twitter (X) · T. Rabi Sankar
At death
$90,299
Since then
-20%
Feb 22, 2024central bank

“ETF Approval For Bitcoin – The Naked Emperor’S New Clothes”

ECB · Ulrich Bindseil
At death
$51,303
Since then
×1.4
May 5, 2023central bank

“Crypto And How We Can Protect The Consumer”

Central Bank of Ireland · Gabriel Makhlouf
At death
$29,534
Since then
×2.5
Nov 30, 2022central bank

“Bitcoin's Last Stand”

ECB · Ulrich Bindseil
At death
$16,445
Since then
×4.4
May 21, 2022central bank

“Crypto Assets Are ‘Worth Nothing,’ Says Ecb’S Christine Lagarde”

Politico · Christine Lagarde
At death
$29,408
Since then
×2.5
Dec 14, 2021central bank

“Bitcoin Could Become ‘Worthless’, Bank of England Warns”

The Guardian · Thomas Belsham
At death
$48,385
Since then
×1.5
Aug 18, 2020central bank

“Bitcoin Is ‘a Myth’ Says French Central Bank Policymaker”

Crypto News · Banque de France
At death
$12,328
Since then
×5.9
Mar 4, 2020central bank

“It Has No Intrinsic Value”

U.Today · Andrew Bailey
At death
$8,768
Since then
×8.3
Feb 7, 2019central bank

“Bitcoin Inefficient As Large-scale Payment System”

Bitcoinist · Carlos Conesa
At death
$3,386
Since then
×21.5
Sep 21, 2018central bank

“Crypto-Assets And Money”

HKMA · Norman T.L. Chan
At death
$6,753
Since then
×10.8
Feb 20, 2018central bank

“No-One Will Pick Up Bitcoin, Warns SA’s Central Bank Governor”

Business Insider South Africa · Lesetja Kganyago
At death
$11,228
Since then
×6.5
Dec 6, 2017central bank

“Greenspan Compares Bitcoin To Colonial America Currency That Eventually Became Worthless”

CNBC · Alan Greenspan
At death
$13,709
Since then
×5.3
Sep 21, 2017central bank

“ECB's Constancio Says Bitcoin Isn't a Currency, It's a Tulip”

Bloomberg · Vítor Constâncio
At death
$3,613
Since then
×20.1
Dec 4, 2013central bank

“Greenspan Says Bitcoin a Bubble Without Intrinsic Currency Value”

Bloomberg · Alan Greenspan
At death
$1,147
Since then
×63.3