⸺ Obituary · October 24, 2025 ⸺
“Google’s Quantum Breakthrough Makes Bitcoin Threat ‘More Real,’ Scientists Say”
— DL News, Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers
“Quantum computers will be able to crack the encryption behind Bitcoin within four to five years.”
Price at death
$110,070
Today
$73,405
Decline
-33%
On 2025-10-24, Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers (Quantum Computing Researcher) declared Bitcoin dead via DL News. Bitcoin was trading at ~$110,070 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on October 24, 2025, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $110,070. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.