⸺ Obituary · November 16, 2025 ⸺
“So Much For Bitcoin Being 'Digital Gold'”
— X (Twitter), Steve Hanke
“So much for Bitcoin being 'digital gold.' BITCOIN = A HIGHLY SPECULATIVE ASSET WITH NO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE.”
Price at death
$95,557
Today
$73,594
Decline
-23%
On 2025-11-16, Steve Hanke (Economist and Professor, Johns Hopkins University) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$95,557 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on November 16, 2025, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $95,557. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.