"I think they will start breaking toes’: Evolution Marketplace goes down in massive Bitcoin heist"
BTC_AT_TIME $263
Published in news.com.au on 2015-03-20, "I think they will start breaking toes’: Evolution Marketplace goes down in massive Bitcoin heist" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued that Bitcoin's fundamental flaws — including volatility, scalability limitations, and lack of intrinsic value — made long-term survival unlikely. Bitcoin was trading at $263 at the time of publication. Bitcoin continued to slide in a prolonged bear market, trading between $200 and $300 with waning media coverage.