⸺ Obituary · August 6, 2025 ⸺
“Ethereum Could Become A Better Store Of Value Than Bitcoin – VanEck”
— Cryptopolitan, Matthew Sigel
“Ethereum may arrive at an economic system that favors its tokenholders more than Bitcoin’s. Ethereum, who turned 10 years old on July 30th, 2025, began with much higher inflation than BTC’s, 14.4% vs. 9.3%. However, Ethereum made two major economic policy changes that set it upon the path towards a lower inflation rate than that of Bitcoin. The first adjustment was EIP 1559 which was instituted in August 2021 and created the “burn” of ETH base transaction fees. The consequence of this change is that increases in Ethereum activity cause the total amount of ETH supply to decrease.”
Price at death
$115,028
Today
$73,594
Decline
-36%
On 2025-08-06, Matthew Sigel (Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck) declared Bitcoin dead via Cryptopolitan. Bitcoin was trading at ~$115,028 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on August 6, 2025, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $115,028. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.