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⸺ Obituary · February 11, 2026

Bitcoin Is No Longer 'Digital Gold'

Yahoo Finance, Marion Laboure
Gold outperformed by 65% in 2025. Bitcoin declined by 6.5%.
Price at death
$67,546
Today
$73,485
Resurrection
×1.1

On 2026-02-11, Marion Laboure (Strategist, Deutsche Bank) declared Bitcoin dead via Yahoo Finance. Bitcoin was trading at ~$67,546 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on February 11, 2026, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $67,546. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 9% relative to the price on the day Yahoo Finance pronounced it finished.

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