"Getting Poorer With Bitcoin"
BTC_AT_TIME $5,621
Published in Numismaticnews on 2018-11-15, "Getting Poorer With Bitcoin" 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 $5,621 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.