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⸺ Obituary · October 11, 2021 ⸺

“JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Calls Bitcoin 'Worthless'”

Jamie Dimon
Bloomberg
Jamie Dimon
Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street (OGL v3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
“I personally think that Bitcoin is worthless.”
Price at death
$57,490
Today
$61,577
Resurrection
×1.1

On 2021-10-11, Jamie Dimon (CEO, JP Morgan Chase) declared Bitcoin dead via Bloomberg. Bitcoin was trading at ~$57,490 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on October 11, 2021, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $57,490. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 7% relative to the price on the day Bloomberg pronounced it finished.

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