⸺ Obituary · February 9, 2026 ⸺
“The $126K ATH May Have Been The Final ATH”
Peter Schiff
Photo: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
“Despite unprecedented support from the media, Wall Street, and government, Bitcoin is trading below the $69K ATH it first hit in Nov. 2021. At no point in its 16-year history did Bitcoin ever trade below a prior ATH four years later. The $126K ATH may have been the final ATH.”
Price at death
$70,121
Today
$61,577
Decline
-12%
On 2026-02-09, Peter Schiff (Stock Broker / Economist) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$70,121 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on February 9, 2026, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $70,121. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.
