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⸺ Obituary · December 16, 2024 ⸺

“Crypto Is For Criming”

— Paul Krugman, Paul Krugman
“It’s not digital gold — it’s digital Benjamins.”
Price at death
$106,030
Today
$73,594
Decline
-31%

On 2024-12-16, Paul Krugman (Economist) declared Bitcoin dead via Paul Krugman. Bitcoin was trading at ~$106,030 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on December 16, 2024, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $106,030. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.

Read the original →
← Earlier death
“Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Beware Of The Bitcoin Craze.”
Later death →
“Investor Cliff Asness Says Bitcoin Is A Bubble Unless Uses Besides Speculation And Criminality Emerge”
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