"Raoul Pal: Bitcoin Is A Mania"

Published in Business Insider on 2017-06-13, "Raoul Pal: Bitcoin Is A Mania" 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 $2,739 at the time of publication. Bitcoin was in the midst of an extraordinary bull run, rising from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 by December.