⸺ Obituary · November 27, 2017 ⸺

“Exit Sign”

Kunstler.com

James Howard Kunstler

Price at death

$9,096

Today

$62,500

Resurrection

×6.9

On 2017-11-27, James Howard Kunstler declared Bitcoin dead via Kunstler.com. Bitcoin was trading at ~$9,096 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on November 27, 2017, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $9,096. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 6.9× relative to the price on the day Kunstler.com pronounced it finished.

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