⸺ Obituary · April 30, 2021 ⸺
“New Rule: Crypto Mania!”
Bill Maher
“So, there’s these things called nerds and in 2008 one of them we don’t know who because this person or group of persons is still anonymous made up Bitcoin out of thin air using the fake name ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’, which I think are the Japanese words for “monopoly money”.”
Price at death
$57,737
Today
$61,577
Resurrection
×1.1
On 2021-04-30, Bill Maher (Television Host) declared Bitcoin dead via Real Time with Bill Maher. Bitcoin was trading at ~$57,737 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on April 30, 2021, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $57,737. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 7% relative to the price on the day Real Time with Bill Maher pronounced it finished.
