⸺ Obituary · June 19, 2022 ⸺

“Sign Cryptocurrency Is Dead As Bitcoin Dips To $17K”

News.com.au

Lynsey Barber, Jessica Clark, Marc Shoffman, Sara Benwell and The Sun

“Bitcoin has pretty much lost all its gains throughout the pandemic and hit a new horror low that will make history.”

Price at death

$20,552

Today

$61,577

Resurrection

×3.0

On 2022-06-19, Lynsey Barber, Jessica Clark, Marc Shoffman, Sara Benwell and The Sun (Finance Journalists) declared Bitcoin dead via News.com.au. Bitcoin was trading at ~$20,552 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on June 19, 2022, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $20,552. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 3.0× relative to the price on the day News.com.au pronounced it finished.

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