⸺ Obituary · August 23, 2017 ⸺
“Big Governments Will Crush Bitcoin, But Won’t Kill It”
— Forbes, Panos Mourdoukoutas
Price at death
$4,190
Today
$67,440
Resurrection
×16.1
On 2017-08-23, Panos Mourdoukoutas declared Bitcoin dead via Forbes. Bitcoin was trading at ~$4,190 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on August 23, 2017, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $4,190. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 16.1× relative to the price on the day Forbes pronounced it finished.