⸺ Obituary · September 13, 2014 ⸺
“This Could Be The End Of The Bitcoin Era”
— Yahoo, Gina Sanchez
““Bitcoin as a currency doesn’t make any sense.”
Price at death
$477
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×154
On 2014-09-13, Gina Sanchez (Asset Manager) declared Bitcoin dead via Yahoo. Bitcoin was trading at ~$477 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on September 13, 2014, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $477. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 154× relative to the price on the day Yahoo pronounced it finished.