"Bitcoin’s New Year Price Plunge"
BTC_AT_TIME $275
Published in PYMNTS on 2015-01-05, "Bitcoin’s New Year Price Plunge" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued the price crash represented not a temporary correction but a structural collapse, pointing to deteriorating fundamentals and fading institutional interest. Bitcoin was trading at $275 at the time of publication. Bitcoin continued to slide in a prolonged bear market, trading between $200 and $300 with waning media coverage.