"Why Investors Should Ignore The Cryptocurrency Hype"

Published in Investopedia on 2017-07-06, "Why Investors Should Ignore The Cryptocurrency Hype" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued that Bitcoin failed as a functional currency due to extreme price volatility, slow transaction speeds, and limited merchant acceptance. Bitcoin was trading at $2,619 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.