⸺ Obituary · June 21, 2021 ⸺

“BTC Is Worth Exactly Zero”

Crypto Twitter (X)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Photo: Sarah Josephine Taleb (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Price at death

$31,677

Today

$61,577

Resurrection

×1.9

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 94% relative to the price on the day Crypto Twitter (X) pronounced it finished.

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