"There's A Fatal Flaw In Cryptocurrencies Which Means They Can Never Be Real Currencies"

Published in Business Insider on 2017-12-01, "There's A Fatal Flaw In Cryptocurrencies Which Means They Can Never Be Real Currencies" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued that regulatory intervention was inevitable and would prove fatal, pointing to government crackdowns or proposed legislation. Bitcoin was trading at $10,860 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.