"Billionaire Investor Howard Marks Says Cryptocurrencies 'Aren't Real'"
BTC_AT_TIME $2,697
Published in Business Insider on 2017-07-27, "Billionaire Investor Howard Marks Says Cryptocurrencies 'Aren't Real" 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 $2,697 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.