⸺ Obituary · February 21, 2023 ⸺
“Bitcoin Is Back': Volatile Crypto Soars 50% To $25K And 'This Is Only The Start'”
— Express, Harvey Jones
“Bitcoin and all the pathetic fake currencies that popped up in its wake are the worst thing to happen to the investment world in my lifetime. They are a joke wrapped in a fraud, wrapped in a Ponzi scheme and sold as a get-rich-quick investment opportunity.”
Price at death
$24,829
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×3.0
On 2023-02-21, Harvey Jones (Personal Finance Editor, Daily Express) declared Bitcoin dead via Express. Bitcoin was trading at ~$24,829 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on February 21, 2023, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $24,829. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 3.0× relative to the price on the day Express pronounced it finished.