⸺ Obituary · January 22, 2018 ⸺

“5 Reasons Bitcoin Won't Survive”

Investing.com

Jesse Cohen

“Slowing transaction times, skyrocketing fees, tighter rules and regulations, mining problems, loss of anonymity.”

Price at death

$10,772

Today

$62,500

Resurrection

×5.8

On 2018-01-22, Jesse Cohen (Global Markets Analyst) declared Bitcoin dead via Investing.com. Bitcoin was trading at ~$10,772 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on January 22, 2018, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $10,772. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 5.8× relative to the price on the day Investing.com pronounced it finished.

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