⸺ Obituary · January 19, 2018 ⸺
“The End Of Bitcoin”
— The Week
Price at death
$11,583
Today
$67,440
Resurrection
×5.8
On 2018-01-19, The Week declared Bitcoin dead. Bitcoin was trading at ~$11,583 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on January 19, 2018, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $11,583. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 5.8× relative to the price on the day The Week pronounced it finished.