⸺ Obituary · August 8, 2024 ⸺

“Bitcoin Proves How Stupid It Is”

The Washington Post

Drew Goins

“As if to put the final nail in the coffin, as if to bury once and for all any hopes of using cryptocurrencies as ‘digital gold,’ bitcoin dropped by 15 percent. It seems less like digital gold than a digital slot machine.”

Price at death

$62,674

Today

$61,577

Decline

-2%

On 2024-08-08, Drew Goins (Assistant Op-Ed Editor, The Washington Post) declared Bitcoin dead via The Washington Post. Bitcoin was trading at ~$62,674 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on August 8, 2024, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $62,674. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.

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