Bitcoin has been
declared dead
472 times.
Every pronouncement of Bitcoin's demise — from mainstream newspapers, Nobel economists, central banks, and billionaires — catalogued with the price on the day of death, then set against every milestone it hit anyway. Its obituaries, and its vital signs. Updated automatically.
Every obituary and milestone, plotted on one chart
The most recent death
“Mark Cuban Says Bitcoin Has Lost The Plot”
On 2026-05-21, longtime crypto bull Mark Cuban told a Front Office Sports interview that Bitcoin 'has lost the plot' and revealed he had sold most of his holdings — citing its failure to behave like digital gold during the year's geopolitical shocks while gold ran toward $5,000. BTC traded around $77,553. A notable capitulation from a former believer.
Selected deaths
“He Predicted 2008 Crash — Now He Says Bitcoin Could Collapse To Zero. Should Crypto Investors Worry?”
“$BTC [Is] Done. Cooked. Toast. EL Finito.”
“Crypto Is A Victim Of Its Own Success”
“Bitcoin’s Plunge Should End The Hype That It Is Digital Gold”
“There No Inherent Value To [Bitcoin]”
“Bitcoin Is No Longer 'Digital Gold'”
Most prolific obituarists
The questions, answered
How many times has Bitcoin been declared dead?
Bitcoinsdead.com has catalogued 472 published Bitcoin obituaries — distinct public declarations that Bitcoin is dead, dying, or going to zero — dating back to 2010-10-15, when Bitcoin traded at $0.11.
Has Bitcoin actually died?
No. Despite being declared dead 472 times since 2010, Bitcoin is currently trading at $73,544 — roughly 668,582× its price at the first recorded obituary.
Who has declared Bitcoin dead the most?
Peter Schiff leads individuals with 22 separate obituaries, while X (Twitter) is the most prolific publication with 62 recorded declarations.
When was the most recent time Bitcoin was declared dead?
The most recent catalogued obituary is "Mark Cuban Says Bitcoin Has Lost The Plot" (TheStreet, May 21, 2026), when Bitcoin was trading at $77,553.
Where can I get the Bitcoin obituaries data?
The full dataset is freely available as JSON — see https://bitcoinsdead.com/api for all endpoints — plus a machine-readable summary at https://bitcoinsdead.com/llms.txt, licensed CC-BY-4.0 with attribution to bitcoinsdead.com.