"Bitcoin Price Threat: Bitcoin Won’t Last Past 2018"
BTC_AT_TIME $11,515
Published in Daily Express on 2018-01-19, "Bitcoin Price Threat: Bitcoin Won’t Last Past 2018" 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 $11,515 at the time of publication. Bitcoin crashed more than 80% from its late 2017 peak, with critics pointing to the burst of the speculative bubble.