"Greater Fool Theory: The Bitcoin Bubble"
BTC_AT_TIME $6,750
Published in The Economist on 2017-11-01, "Greater Fool Theory: The Bitcoin Bubble" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece drew parallels to historical speculative manias, arguing that Bitcoin's price was entirely disconnected from any fundamental value. Bitcoin was trading at $6,750 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.