⸺ Obituary · December 28, 2021 ⸺
“The Inevitable Obsolescence Of Bitcoin”
— X (Twitter), Frances Coppola
“If I write about the inevitable obsolescence of Bitcoin, I'll have to lock my account again, won't I.”
Price at death
$47,550
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×1.5
On 2021-12-28, Frances Coppola (Columnist, Coindesk) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$47,550 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on December 28, 2021, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $47,550. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 55% relative to the price on the day X (Twitter) pronounced it finished.