"With The Con That's Bitcoin, There's No There There"

Published in Realclearmarkets on 2018-07-13, "With The Con That's Bitcoin, There's No There There" 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 $6,218 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.