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⸺ Obituary · August 7, 2023

The Bitcoin Skeptic: Why Bitcoin Will Never Replace Fiat Currency

CCN, Lawrence Meyers
Bitcoin is, frankly, for suckers in the long term.
Price at death
$29,181
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×2.5

On 2023-08-07, Lawrence Meyers (Journalist) declared Bitcoin dead via CCN. Bitcoin was trading at ~$29,181 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on August 7, 2023, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $29,181. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 2.5× relative to the price on the day CCN pronounced it finished.

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