"Slowly but surely, Bitcoin appears to be falling apart"

Published in New Statesman on 2015-01-15, "Slowly but surely, Bitcoin appears to be falling apart" 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 $210 at the time of publication. Bitcoin continued to slide in a prolonged bear market, trading between $200 and $300 with waning media coverage.