"Bitcoin Was Supposed To Change The World. What Happened?"

Published in Vox on 2016-11-21, "Bitcoin Was Supposed To Change The World. What Happened?" 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 $737 at the time of publication. Bitcoin was staging a gradual recovery, with price action between $400 and $700 through most of the year.