⸺ Obituary · November 20, 2024 ⸺
“Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Says Beware Of The Bitcoin Craze.”
— Miami Herald, Eric Maskin
“It goes way up, it goes way down. It is very far from being a safe investment.”
Price at death
$94,339
Today
$73,405
Decline
-22%
On 2024-11-20, Eric Maskin (Nobel Prize Winning Economist) declared Bitcoin dead via Miami Herald. Bitcoin was trading at ~$94,339 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on November 20, 2024, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $94,339. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.