⸺ Obituary · June 21, 2021 ⸺
“BTC Is Worth Exactly Zero”
— Crypto Twitter (X), Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Price at death
$31,677
Today
$67,440
Resurrection
×2.1
On 2021-06-21, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author, The Black Swan) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$31,677 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on June 21, 2021, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $31,677. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 2.1× relative to the price on the day Crypto Twitter (X) pronounced it finished.