"Bitcoin: The Poison Has Begun To Spread"

Published in Seeking Alpha on 2018-03-05, "Bitcoin: The Poison Has Begun To Spread" 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 $11,293 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.