"The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment"

Published in CryptoCoinNews on 2016-01-14, "The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment" 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 $430 at the time of publication. Bitcoin was staging a gradual recovery, with price action between $400 and $700 through most of the year.