⸺ Obituary · January 7, 2023 ⸺
“Bitcoin Will Go Negative”
— The Joe Rogan Podcast, Peter Zeihan
“Crypto is now in the process of going to zero except for bitcoin which will probably go negative because if we’re moving into a world with carbon taxes you have to take into account the energy to produce it in the first place.”
Price at death
$16,952
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×4.3
On 2023-01-07, Peter Zeihan (Geopolitical Analyst) declared Bitcoin dead via The Joe Rogan Podcast. Bitcoin was trading at ~$16,952 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on January 7, 2023, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $16,952. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 4.3× relative to the price on the day The Joe Rogan Podcast pronounced it finished.