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⸺ The vintage ⸺

Bitcoin was declared dead 74 times in 2018.

Every catalogued obituary from 2018, with the price on the day of death and what Bitcoin did next. Current BTC: $72,667.

Dec 31, 2018academic

“No Investment Strategies Are Worse Than Cryptocurrencies”

CCN · Robert R. Johnson
At death
$3,741
Since then
×19.4
Dec 30, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Maximalists' Impossible Dream”

Forbes · Frances Coppola
At death
$3,881
Since then
×18.7
Dec 20, 2018mainstream media

“Bitcoin's Terrible 2018 Doesn't Bode Well For The Future Of Crypto”

engadget · Daniel Cooper
At death
$4,108
Since then
×17.7
Dec 18, 2018financial press

“The Decline Is Fundamental, Unsolvable, And The End Of BTC”

Seeking Alpha · Anthony Garcia
At death
$3,704
Since then
×19.6
Dec 17, 2018executive

“BTC Will Be ‘Worthless And Have Zero Value’ In 2019”

Express · Calvin Ayre
At death
$3,540
Since then
×20.5
Dec 14, 2018investor

“Bitcoin Is Pretty Much Dead, Says Teenage Crypto Phenom”

MarketWatch · Erik Finman
At death
$3,224
Since then
×22.5
Dec 11, 2018mainstream media

“Good News: Bitcoin Is Becoming Worthless”

TreeHugger · Ilana Strauss
At death
$3,378
Since then
×21.5
Dec 10, 2018academic

“How Low Will Bitcoin Now Go?”

The Conversation · Lee Smales
At death
$3,447
Since then
×21.1
Dec 9, 2018mainstream media

“The Bitcoin Con May Soon Be Over”

Mother Jones · Kevin Drum
At death
$3,566
Since then
×20.4
Dec 7, 2018financial press

“Is Bitcoin Going To Zero?”

Forbes · Peter Mallouk
At death
$3,404
Since then
×21.3
Dec 3, 2018academic

“Bitcoin Is Close To Becoming Worthless”

MarketWatch · Atulya Sarin
At death
$3,856
Since then
×18.8
Nov 30, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Becomes A Story Of Boom And Bust”

Bloomberg
At death
$3,992
Since then
×18.2
Nov 28, 2018academic

“Why A Nobel Laureate In Economics Thinks Bitcoin Is Toast”

PBS · Robert C. Merton
At death
$4,242
Since then
×17.1
Nov 27, 2018academic

“Don't Be Tricked, Buying Bitcoin Is A Fool”

Crypto Twitter (X) · Steve Hanke
At death
$3,800
Since then
×19.1
Nov 26, 2018mainstream media

“The Bitcoin ‘Pyramid Scheme’ Continues To Collapse”

New York Post · John Crudele
At death
$3,761
Since then
×19.3
Nov 21, 2018financial press

“Jamie Dimon And Warren Buffett Have The Last Laugh On Bitcoin”

Bloomberg · Lionel Laurent
At death
$4,574
Since then
×15.9
Nov 20, 2018financial press

“Victims Of Bitcoin Insanity Are Quickly Piling Up”

MarketWatch · Ivan Martchev
At death
$4,414
Since then
×16.5
Nov 17, 2018mainstream media

“Bitcoin's Rollercoaster Ride Finally Comes Off The Tracks”

Independent.ie · David Chance
At death
$5,536
Since then
×13.1
Nov 15, 2018mainstream media

“Getting Poorer With Bitcoin”

Numismatic News · Dave Harper
At death
$5,621
Since then
×12.9
Oct 15, 2018academic

“The Big Blockchain Lie”

Project Syndicate · Nouriel Roubini
At death
$6,513
Since then
×11.2
Oct 11, 2018academic

“Dr. Doom Says Bitcoin Represents The Mother Of All Bubbles”

MarketWatch · Nouriel Roubini
At death
$6,177
Since then
×11.8
Oct 1, 2018social media

“Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors”

Medium · Karen Webster
At death
$6,579
Since then
×11.0
Sep 21, 2018central bank

“Crypto-Assets And Money”

HKMA · Norman T.L. Chan
At death
$6,753
Since then
×10.8
Sep 12, 2018academic

“The Great Cryptocurrency Crash Of 2018”

MISES · Joseph T. Salerno
At death
$6,329
Since then
×11.5
Aug 30, 2018academic

“Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Are Useless”

Economist
At death
$6,982
Since then
×10.4
Aug 15, 2018executive

“Bitcoin Is Useless As A Payment Mechanism And Ridiculous As A Store Of Value”

CNBC · Bill Harris
At death
$6,270
Since then
×11.6
Aug 14, 2018academic

“Interest In Bitcoin Is Waining”

Crypto Twitter (X) · Peter Schiff
At death
$6,192
Since then
×11.7
Aug 13, 2018academic

“You Are Transferring Nothing”

Crypto Twitter (X) · Peter Schiff
At death
$6,252
Since then
×11.6
Jul 31, 2018academic

“Why I’m A Crypto Skeptic”

The New York Times · Paul Krugman
At death
$7,727
Since then
×9.4
Jul 13, 2018academic

“With The Con That's Bitcoin, There's No There There”

RealClear Markets · Gary Smith
At death
$6,218
Since then
×11.7
Jul 12, 2018executive

“Bitcoin Will Die”

CoinGape · Joseph Carson
At death
$6,246
Since then
×11.6
Jul 4, 2018mainstream media

“Why Bitcoin May Soon Be Worth Nothing”

New York Post · John Crudele
At death
$6,585
Since then
×11.0
Jun 29, 2018financial press

“Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort On Bitcoin: Get Out If You Don't Want To Lose All Of Your Money”

CNBC · Jordan Belfort
At death
$6,204
Since then
×11.7
Jun 28, 2018mainstream media

“Bitcoin Has Fallen To Its Lowest Point Since November And Will Probably Be Totally Wiped Out”

Independent · Hamish McRae
At death
$5,848
Since then
×12.4
Jun 23, 2018investor

“Talk Of Bitcoin's Demise Was On The Money”

NZ Herald · Mike Taylor
At death
$6,171
Since then
×11.8
Jun 18, 2018mainstream media

“Bitcoin Is An Environmental Disaster And Could Bring The Internet To A Halt, Study Says”

South China Morning Post · The Bank for International Settlements
At death
$6,709
Since then
×10.8
Jun 15, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin's Greater Fools Go Into Hiding”

Bloomberg · Lionel Laurent
At death
$6,411
Since then
×11.3
May 22, 2018academic

“There’s A ‘Decent Probability’ Bitcoin Goes To Zero, Says Vanguard Economist”

MarketWatch · Joe Davis
At death
$7,984
Since then
×9.1
May 17, 2018mainstream media

“Bitcoin’s Energy Use Got Studied, And You Libertarian Nerds Look Even Worse Than Usual”

Grist · Eric Holthaus
At death
$8,059
Since then
×9.0
May 7, 2018executive

“They Come To An End”

CNBC · Warren Buffett
At death
$9,363
Since then
×7.8
May 5, 2018executive

“Warren Buffett Says Bitcoin Is Probably Rat Poison Squared”

CNBC · Warren Buffett
At death
$9,827
Since then
×7.4
Apr 24, 2018executive

“Bitcoin Is The Greatest Scam In History”

Recode · Bill Harris
At death
$9,652
Since then
×7.5
Apr 13, 2018financial press

“Sell All Crypto And Abandon All Blockchain”

Financial Times · Dan McCrum
At death
$7,889
Since then
×9.2
Apr 12, 2018academic

“This Is All It Would Take For Bitcoin To Become A Worthless Cryptocurrency”

MarketWatch · Atulya Sarin
At death
$7,916
Since then
×9.2
Apr 11, 2018academic

“Why Bitcoin Is Bullshit, Explained By An Expert”

Vox · Nicholas Weaver
At death
$6,940
Since then
×10.5
Apr 10, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Mania Has Clear Parallels To The Spread Of Infectious Diseases According To Barclays”

Markets Insider
At death
$6,831
Since then
×10.6
Apr 9, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin, The Biggest Bubble In History, Is Popping”

Bloomberg · Michael Hartnett
At death
$6,774
Since then
×10.7
Mar 22, 2018investor

“The Bitcoin Fad Is Over”

Seeking Alpha · Arnuj Naik
At death
$8,713
Since then
×8.3
Mar 14, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Is Worthless, Bubble May Pop Soon, Allianz Global Says”

Bloomberg · Stefan Hofrichter
At death
$8,197
Since then
×8.9
Mar 8, 2018financial press

“7 Reasons Bitcoin Is Doomed”

Kiplinger · Steve Goldberg
At death
$9,299
Since then
×7.8
Mar 5, 2018academic

“Bitcoin Is Based On The Blockchain Pipe Dream”

The Guardian · Nouriel Roubini
At death
$11,433
Since then
×6.4
Mar 5, 2018executive

“A Decade From Now, Bitcoin Is More Likely To Be $100 Than $100,000, Harvard Economist Says”

CNBC · Kenneth Rogoff
At death
$11,573
Since then
×6.3
Feb 28, 2018mainstream media

“Cryptocurrency Is A Giant Multi-Level Marketing Scheme”

Quartz · David Ryan Polgar
At death
$10,310
Since then
×7.0
Feb 26, 2018executive

“World's Largest Asset Manager Says Get Ready To Stomach Complete Losses In Cryptocurrencies”

CNBC · Richard Turnill
At death
$10,313
Since then
×7.0
Feb 20, 2018central bank

“No-One Will Pick Up Bitcoin, Warns SA’s Central Bank Governor”

Business Insider South Africa · Lesetja Kganyago
At death
$11,228
Since then
×6.5
Feb 19, 2018investor

“BoE's Carney Says Bitcoin Has Pretty Much Failed As Currency”

Reuters · Paul Singer
At death
$11,160
Since then
×6.5
Feb 10, 2018mainstream media

“‘Bitcoin Price Is Pure Speculation’ Bank Of Austria Chief Attacks Popular Cryptocurrency”

Express · Kurt Pribil
At death
$8,557
Since then
×8.5
Feb 6, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Savaged By BIS As ‘A Bubble, Ponzi Scheme And An Environmental Disaster’”

CNBC · Augustin Carstens
At death
$7,700
Since then
×9.4
Feb 2, 2018academic

“Roubini Says Bitcoin Is The ‘Biggest Bubble In Human History’”

Bloomberg · Nouriel Roubini
At death
$8,828
Since then
×8.2
Jan 30, 2018academic

“Bitcoin Is Basically A Ponzi Scheme”

Seattle Times · Paul Krugman
At death
$10,035
Since then
×7.2
Jan 29, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin’s A Joke, But There Is Serious Money To Be Made”

Yahoo Finance · David Taylor
At death
$11,158
Since then
×6.5
Jan 26, 2018social media

“Killing The King — How To End The Reign Of Bitcoin”

Hackernoon · Robert Ussery III
At death
$11,090
Since then
×6.6
Jan 24, 2018academic

“Bitcoin’s Zero-Sum Game”

Inside Story · John Quiggin
At death
$11,400
Since then
×6.4
Jan 22, 2018investor

“5 Reasons Bitcoin Won't Survive”

Investing.com · Jesse Cohen
At death
$10,772
Since then
×6.7
Jan 19, 2018executive

“Bitcoin Price Threat: Bitcoin Won’t Last Past 2018”

Express · Benjamin Quinlan
At death
$11,515
Since then
×6.3
Jan 17, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin Isn't The Future Of Money”

Bloomberg · David Shipley
At death
$11,141
Since then
×6.5
Jan 16, 2018executive

“Bitcoin Is A Pyramid Scheme, Warns Former Wells Fargo CEO Dick Kovacevich”

CNBC · Dick Kovacevich
At death
$11,348
Since then
×6.4
Jan 12, 2018financial press

“Bitcoin’s Demise Moves Closer”

The Motley Fool · Matt Smith
At death
$13,813
Since then
×5.3
Jan 11, 2018academic

“Bitcoin Is Not The Currency Of The Future”

Social Europe · Paul De Grauwe
At death
$13,287
Since then
×5.5
Jan 10, 2018executive

“Cryptocurrencies Will Come To A Bad Ending”

CNBC · Warren Buffett
At death
$14,891
Since then
×4.9
Jan 7, 2018mainstream media

“The Guardian View On Cryptocurrencies: A Greater Fool’s Gold”

The Guardians
At death
$16,179
Since then
×4.5
Jan 5, 2018investor

“The Bitcoin Revolution Isn’t Coming. Here’s Why”

South China Morning Post · David Dodwell
At death
$16,937
Since then
×4.3
Jan 4, 2018investor

“Investor Who Called Last Two Major Market Crashes Says Bitcoin Is A Bubble”

CNBC · Jeremy Grantham
At death
$15,155
Since then
×4.8
Jan 3, 2018academic

“The Bitcoin Bubble Will Likely Burst, And Here’s Why”

Boston Globe · Jeffrey D. Sachs
At death
$15,135
Since then
×4.8