⸺ Obituary · February 25, 2025 ⸺

“Bitcoin Is A Bubble And Will Blow Up Someday”

The Economic Times

Jim Rogers

Photo: FDV (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

“It is going to hurt a lot of people. I hope I am not one of them. I hope you are not one of them. I do not see any reality to the movement. In my view, it is a bubble, and it will blow up someday.”

Price at death

$88,736

Today

$61,577

Decline

-31%

On 2025-02-25, Jim Rogers (Investor) declared Bitcoin dead via The Economic Times. Bitcoin was trading at ~$88,736 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on February 25, 2025, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $88,736. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.

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