"No-One Will Pick Up Bitcoin, Warns SA’s Central Bank Governor"

Published in Business Insider on 2018-02-20, "No-One Will Pick Up Bitcoin, Warns SA’s Central Bank Governor" 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 $11,228 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.