"Bitcoin Is The Most Perfect Bubble Possible"
BTC_AT_TIME $17,178
Published in Washington Post on 2017-12-12, "Bitcoin Is The Most Perfect Bubble Possible" 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 $17,178 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.