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Financial Press has called Bitcoin dead 98 times.

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

Feb 12, 2026financial press

“There No Inherent Value To [Bitcoin]”

CNBC · Jemima Kelly
At death
$66,222
Since then
×1.1
Feb 11, 2026financial press

“Bitcoin Is No Longer 'Digital Gold'”

Yahoo Finance · Marion Laboure
At death
$67,546
Since then
×1.1
Feb 8, 2026financial press

“Bitcoin Is Still About $69,000 Too High”

Financial Times · Jemima Kelly
At death
$69,282
Since then
×1.0
Jan 29, 2026financial press

“Crypto’s ‘Digital Gold’ Myth Exposed As Traders Pivot To Metals”

Bloomberg · David Pan
At death
$84,562
Since then
-14%
Nov 12, 2025financial press

“Take Profits On Bitcoin—It's 'Fall Season', Morgan Stanley Analyst Says”

Yahoo Finance · Denny Galindo
At death
$103,011
Since then
-29%
Oct 24, 2025financial press

“Google’s Quantum Breakthrough Makes Bitcoin Threat ‘More Real,’ Scientists Say”

DL News · Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers
At death
$110,070
Since then
-34%
Aug 6, 2025financial press

“Ethereum Could Become A Better Store Of Value Than Bitcoin – VanEck”

Cryptopolitan · Matthew Sigel
At death
$115,028
Since then
-37%
Mar 21, 2025financial press

“BTC Is Not Digital Gold, And It Never Was”

CoinGeek · Gavin Lucas
At death
$84,043
Since then
-14%
Aug 20, 2024financial press

“Is Bitcoin Dead? Discover 4 New $BTC Alternatives Set to Skyrocket”

Analytics Insight
At death
$61,396
Since then
×1.2
Feb 25, 2024financial press

“Bitcoin: Why A Drop Below $50.5K Will Be Bad News”

AMB Crypto · Dipayan Mitra
At death
$51,731
Since then
×1.4
Oct 26, 2023financial press

“Every Single Bitcoin Transaction—Even Buying A Latte—Consumes Over $100 In Electricity, Says A New Report”

Fortune · MoneySuperMarket
At death
$34,155
Since then
×2.1
Aug 28, 2023financial press

““So Long For Crypto” - Bitcoin And Digital Assets Might End As A Fad If Institutions Allow”

FXStreet · Aaryamann Shrivastava
At death
$26,113
Since then
×2.8
Aug 7, 2023financial press

“The Bitcoin Skeptic: Why Bitcoin Will Never Replace Fiat Currency”

CCN · Lawrence Meyers
At death
$29,181
Since then
×2.5
Sep 19, 2022financial press

“Bitcoin Looks Like a Faded Fad as Fed Goes All In on Rate Hikes”

Bloomberg · Jake Lloyd-Smith
At death
$19,419
Since then
×3.7
Mar 31, 2022financial press

“Crypto Vs Gold: The Search For An Investment Bolt Hole”

Financial Times · Bill Blain
At death
$46,319
Since then
×1.6
Mar 8, 2022financial press

“The End of Cryptocurrency Coming?”

Armstrong Economics · Martin Armstrong
At death
$38,754
Since then
×1.9
Jan 5, 2022financial press

“Kevin O'Leary Explains Why He Thinks Nfts Will Become Bigger Than Bitcoin”

CNBC · Kevin O'Leary
At death
$46,122
Since then
×1.6
Mar 23, 2021financial press

“Bitcoin: You're Buying Obsolescence, And The Fall Will Be Hard”

Seeking Alpha · J.G. Collins
At death
$54,343
Since then
×1.3
Feb 18, 2021financial press

“Bitcoin Above $51,000 Is Unsustainable Unless Volatility Subsides”

Insider · Financial Analysts
At death
$51,573
Since then
×1.4
Jan 25, 2021financial press

“Bitcoin Is an Incredibly Dirty Business”

Bloomberg · Lionel Laurent
At death
$32,255
Since then
×2.3
Sep 4, 2020financial press

“Bitcoin Is Worthless In Long-Term”

NEWSBTC · James Royal
At death
$10,293
Since then
×7.1
Sep 1, 2020financial press

“Bitcoin Is Still Rat Poison Squared”

Investorplace · Wayne Duggan
At death
$11,964
Since then
×6.1
Jun 1, 2020financial press

“BTC Has No Utility”

CoinGeek · Patrick Thompson
At death
$9,565
Since then
×7.6
Mar 13, 2020financial press

“Bitcoin Just Failed the Coronavirus Test”

The Motley Fool · Dan Caplinger
At death
$5,630
Since then
×12.9
Jan 27, 2020financial press

“Deutsche Bank Says Bitcoin Is Too Volatile To Be A Reliable Store Of Value”

The Block · Deutsche Bank
At death
$8,902
Since then
×8.2
Aug 14, 2019financial press

“BTC Value Will Crash 99%”

CCN · Ed Butowsky
At death
$10,036
Since then
×7.2
Jul 13, 2019financial press

“Donald Trump Is Right About Bitcoin”

MarketWatch · Brett Arends
At death
$11,351
Since then
×6.4
Jun 27, 2019financial press

“Bitcoin’s Crash Hurts The Latecomers Once Again”

MarketWatch · Brett Arends
At death
$11,171
Since then
×6.5
May 14, 2019financial press

“Kevin O'Leary Calls Bitcoin ‘Garbage’”

CNBC · Kevin O'Leary
At death
$7,978
Since then
×9.1
Feb 14, 2019financial press

“JPMorgan Just Killed The Bitcoin Dream”

Barrons · Ben Walsh
At death
$3,593
Since then
×20.2
Dec 30, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Maximalists' Impossible Dream”

Forbes · Frances Coppola
At death
$3,881
Since then
×18.7
Dec 18, 2018financial press

“The Decline Is Fundamental, Unsolvable, And The End Of BTC”

Seeking Alpha · Anthony Garcia
At death
$3,704
Since then
×19.6
Dec 7, 2018financial press

“Is Bitcoin Going To Zero?”

Forbes · Peter Mallouk
At death
$3,404
Since then
×21.3
Nov 30, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Becomes A Story Of Boom And Bust”

Bloomberg
At death
$3,992
Since then
×18.2
Nov 21, 2018financial press

“Jamie Dimon And Warren Buffett Have The Last Laugh On Bitcoin”

Bloomberg · Lionel Laurent
At death
$4,574
Since then
×15.9
Nov 20, 2018financial press

“Victims Of Bitcoin Insanity Are Quickly Piling Up”

MarketWatch · Ivan Martchev
At death
$4,414
Since then
×16.5
Jun 29, 2018financial press

“Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort On Bitcoin: Get Out If You Don't Want To Lose All Of Your Money”

CNBC · Jordan Belfort
At death
$6,204
Since then
×11.7
Jun 15, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin's Greater Fools Go Into Hiding”

Bloomberg · Lionel Laurent
At death
$6,411
Since then
×11.3
Apr 13, 2018financial press

“Sell All Crypto And Abandon All Blockchain”

Financial Times · Dan McCrum
At death
$7,889
Since then
×9.2
Apr 10, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Mania Has Clear Parallels To The Spread Of Infectious Diseases According To Barclays”

Markets Insider
At death
$6,831
Since then
×10.6
Apr 9, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin, The Biggest Bubble In History, Is Popping”

Bloomberg · Michael Hartnett
At death
$6,774
Since then
×10.7
Mar 14, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Is Worthless, Bubble May Pop Soon, Allianz Global Says”

Bloomberg · Stefan Hofrichter
At death
$8,197
Since then
×8.9
Mar 8, 2018financial press

“7 Reasons Bitcoin Is Doomed”

Kiplinger · Steve Goldberg
At death
$9,299
Since then
×7.8
Feb 6, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Savaged By BIS As ‘A Bubble, Ponzi Scheme And An Environmental Disaster’”

CNBC · Augustin Carstens
At death
$7,700
Since then
×9.4
Jan 29, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin’s A Joke, But There Is Serious Money To Be Made”

Yahoo Finance · David Taylor
At death
$11,158
Since then
×6.5
Jan 17, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Isn't The Future Of Money”

Bloomberg · David Shipley
At death
$11,141
Since then
×6.5
Jan 12, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin’s Demise Moves Closer”

The Motley Fool · Matt Smith
At death
$13,813
Since then
×5.3
Dec 28, 2017financial press

“The Great Bitcoin Scam”

Forbes · Jay Adkisson
At death
$14,429
Since then
×5.0
Dec 27, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Is An Implausible Currency”

Bloomberg · Megan McArdle
At death
$15,378
Since then
×4.7
Dec 18, 2017financial press

“The Swedish Co-Founder Of Bitcoin.Com Has Sold All His Bitcoins”

Business Insider · Emil Oldenburg
At death
$18,961
Since then
×3.8
Nov 27, 2017financial press

“Time To Sell Your Bitcoins: Cryptocurrencies Success A Bubble, Central Bankers Around The World Warn”

Financial Express
At death
$9,739
Since then
×7.5
Nov 16, 2017financial press

“Why Bitcoin Will Go The Way Of The Tulips”

Financial Review · Elmer Funke Kupper
At death
$7,844
Since then
×9.3
Nov 14, 2017financial press

“One Of Asia's Largest Banks Says Bitcoin Is A Ponzi Scheme”

CNBC · David Gledhill
At death
$6,599
Since then
×11.0
Nov 10, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Price Will Go To Zero As Bitcoin Will Struggle To Remain The Dominant Cryptocurrency”

City Falcon · Ruzbeh Bacha
At death
$6,570
Since then
×11.1
Oct 25, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Mining Wastes Vast Amounts of Energy, Harms Environment”

Cointelegraph · Frisco D'Anconia
At death
$5,734
Since then
×12.7
Oct 23, 2017financial press

“Prince Alwaleed Says Bitcoin Will Implode: Enron In The Making”

CNBC · Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
At death
$5,895
Since then
×12.3
Oct 2, 2017financial press

“Larry Fink Says Cryptocurrencies Show Level of Money Laundering”

Bloomberg · Larry Fink
At death
$4,404
Since then
×16.5
Sep 27, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Is A Fraud, Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort Proclaims”

TheStreet · Jordan Belfort
At death
$4,209
Since then
×17.3
Sep 20, 2017financial press

“Stay Away From Bitcoin, It's An Absolute Bubble, Says Tocqueville's Hathaway”

Kitco.com · John Hathaway
At death
$3,858
Since then
×18.8
Sep 18, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Shows The Truth: It Is Probably Worth Zero”

The Wall Street Journal · James Mackintosh
At death
$4,067
Since then
×17.9
Sep 15, 2017financial press

“JPMorgan's Top Quant Strategist, Echoing CEO, Compares Bitcoin To Pyramid Scheme”

CNBC · Marko Kolanovic
At death
$3,687
Since then
×19.7
Sep 13, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Is In A Bubble, And Here's How It's Going To Crash”

CNBC · Ron Insana
At death
$3,874
Since then
×18.8
Sep 7, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin, Ether And Other Cryptocurrencies May Be Seeing The Beginning Of The End”

MarketWatch · Brett Arends
At death
$4,638
Since then
×15.7
Sep 4, 2017financial press

“The Death Of Bitcoin And The Future Of Cryptocurrencies”

Seeking Alpha · John Lohr
At death
$4,320
Since then
×16.8
Aug 15, 2017financial press

“A Bitcoin Is Worth $4,000; Why You Probably Should Not Own One”

Forbes · Adam Hartung
At death
$4,204
Since then
×17.3
Aug 9, 2017financial press

“BTC Is Dead”

Bitcoin and The Blockchain · Alasdair Macleod
At death
$3,378
Since then
×21.5
Jul 24, 2017financial press

“The Biggest Financial Bloggers Reveal Their Positions On Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies”

MarketWatch · Jared Dillian
At death
$2,779
Since then
×26.1
Jul 6, 2017financial press

“Why Investors Should Ignore The Cryptocurrency Hype”

Investopedia · Landon D. Whaley
At death
$2,619
Since then
×27.7
Jun 15, 2017financial press

“Stay Away From Bitcoin — It’s Complete Garbage”

MarketWatch · Brett Arends
At death
$2,457
Since then
×29.6
Jun 6, 2017financial press

“Mark Cuban Calls Bitcoin A Bubble, Price Falls”

CNBC · Mark Cuban
At death
$2,914
Since then
×24.9
May 19, 2017financial press

“Bitcoins: Are You Kidding Me?”

Seeking Alpha · John Lohr
At death
$1,968
Since then
×36.9
May 5, 2017financial press

“The Death Of Bitcoin”

Daily Reckoning · Matt Insley
At death
$1,512
Since then
×48.1
May 4, 2017financial press

“The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin”

Daily Reckoning · Ray Blanco
At death
$1,516
Since then
×47.9
Feb 27, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Will Never Be A Financial Mainstay”

Finance Feeds · Andrew Saks-McLeod
At death
$1,194
Since then
×60.8
Jan 3, 2017financial press

“Bitcoin Passes $1,000 But Only Number That Matters Is Zero”

Financial Times
At death
$1,031
Since then
×70.5
Dec 7, 2016financial press

“Why This Well-Funded Startup Just Gave Up On Bitcoin”

Fortune
At death
$764
Since then
×95.1
Nov 3, 2016financial press

“Bitcoin's At It Again”

Bloomberg · Christopher Langner
At death
$688
Since then
×106
Aug 25, 2016financial press

“The Bitcoin Bros Have Lost”

Deal Breaker · Jon Shazar
At death
$576
Since then
×126
Jul 7, 2016financial press

“Bitcoin’s Rallying Again—But Isn’t Getting Much Attention Anymore”

The Wall Street Journal · Jon Sindreu
At death
$640
Since then
×114
May 21, 2016financial press

“Bitcoin May Be Failing, But The Technology Behind It Will Live On”

Forbes · Greg Satell
At death
$443
Since then
×164
Mar 6, 2016financial press

“Dumb Investment Of The Week: Bitcoin Investment Trust”

Seeking Alpha · Ben Strubel
At death
$405
Since then
×180
Mar 4, 2016financial press

“The Crisis In Bitcoin And The Rise Of Blockchain”

Fortune · Jeff John Roberts
At death
$408
Since then
×178
Mar 9, 2015financial press

“Predictions For 2015”

Financial Times · James Kynge
At death
$289
Since then
×252
Jan 15, 2015financial press

“Bitcoin Is Getting Annihilated”

Business Insider · Rob Price
At death
$210
Since then
×345
Jan 7, 2015financial press

“Bitcoin’s Upcoming Capital Crisis”

Financial Times
At death
$295
Since then
×246
Jan 2, 2015financial press

“Was 2014 The Death March For Bitcoin?”

PYMNTS.com
At death
$315
Since then
×231
Dec 26, 2014financial press

“Bitcoin’s Defects Will Hasten Its Demise In 2015”

Reuters · Martin Hutchinson
At death
$327
Since then
×222
Oct 11, 2014financial press

“3 Reasons Bitcoin Is Doomed To Fail”

Fool.com · Jeremy Bowman
At death
$359
Since then
×202
Sep 19, 2014financial press

“Cult Markets: When The Bubble Bursts”

Financial Times
At death
$392
Since then
×185
Mar 11, 2014financial press

“The Real Reason Bitcoin Is Doomed”

Fortune
At death
$629
Since then
×116
Feb 27, 2014financial press

“The Exact Date For Bitcoin’s Final Crash To $0.00”

Wall Street Daily
At death
$577
Since then
×126
Feb 26, 2014financial press

“Bitcoin Is Dead”

Street Insider · Steven Englander
At death
$577
Since then
×126
Feb 25, 2014financial press

“Mt. Gox Meltdown Spells Doom For Bitcoin”

Bloomberg · Megan McArdle
At death
$535
Since then
×136
Jan 8, 2014financial press

“An Early Obituary For Bitcoin”

Reuters · Edward Hadas
At death
$860
Since then
×84.5
Nov 20, 2013financial press

“Bitcoin Is Still Doomed”

Bloomberg · Timothy Lavin
At death
$573
Since then
×127
Aug 8, 2013financial press

“The SEC Shows Why Bitcoin Is Doomed”

Bloomberg View · Timothy Lavin
At death
$95
Since then
×767
May 20, 2013financial press

“Beware Of This Insidious New Currency Scam”

Wall Street Daily
At death
$122
Since then
×596
Jun 20, 2011financial press

“So, That's The End Of Bitcoin Then”

Forbes · Tim Worstall
At death
$18
Since then
×4,150