"Stay Away From Bitcoin — It’s Complete Garbage"
BTC_AT_TIME $2,457
Published in MarketWatch on 2017-06-15, "Stay Away From Bitcoin — It’s Complete Garbage" 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 $2,457 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.