⸺ Obituary · April 5, 2018 ⸺

“Bitcoin Is ‘Worthless’ And Will Perform Worse Than Stocks In The Coming Months, Analyst Says”

CNBC

Price at death

$7,127

Today

$62,500

Resurrection

×8.8

On 2018-04-05, CNBC declared Bitcoin dead. Bitcoin was trading at ~$7,127 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on April 5, 2018, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $7,127. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 8.8× relative to the price on the day CNBC pronounced it finished.

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