⸺ Obituary · February 21, 2023 ⸺
“Bitcoin Is Back': Volatile Crypto Soars 50% To $25K And 'This Is Only The Start'”
Harvey Jones
“Bitcoin and all the pathetic fake currencies that popped up in its wake are the worst thing to happen to the investment world in my lifetime. They are a joke wrapped in a fraud, wrapped in a Ponzi scheme and sold as a get-rich-quick investment opportunity.”
Price at death
$24,829
Today
$61,577
Resurrection
×2.5
On 2023-02-21, Harvey Jones (Personal Finance Editor, Daily Express) declared Bitcoin dead via Express. Bitcoin was trading at ~$24,829 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on February 21, 2023, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $24,829. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 2.5× relative to the price on the day Express pronounced it finished.