"Hedge"

Published in Business Insider on 2018-02-20, "Hedge" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece challenged Bitcoin's narrative as a store of value or digital gold, arguing it lacked the stability and track record needed for that role. Bitcoin was trading at $10,941 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.