"7 Reasons Bitcoin Is Doomed"
BTC_AT_TIME $9,299
Published in Kiplinger on 2018-03-08, "7 Reasons Bitcoin Is Doomed" 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 $9,299 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.