⸺ Obituary · August 17, 2025 ⸺
“BTC Will Collapse Between 7 To 11 Years From Now”
— X (Twitter), Justin Bons
“BTC will collapse between 7 to 11 years from now! First, the mining industry will fall, as the security budget shrinks. Then the network will be attacked (censorship & 51% attacks). Core will then have to increase inflation beyond 21M, splitting the chain & that will be the end!”
Price at death
$117,453
Today
$73,405
Decline
-38%
On 2025-08-17, Justin Bons (Founder & CIO, Cyber Capital) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$117,453 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on August 17, 2025, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $117,453. Bitcoin remains below its price on the day of this declaration — for now.