⸺ 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

$61,577

Resurrection

×129

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 129× relative to the price on the day Yahoo pronounced it finished.

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“Bitcoin Is Dead — Long Live Bitcoin”

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