"BTC ‘Intrinsically Inefficient, Will Disappear"

Published in CoinTelegraph on 2019-01-08, "BTC ‘Intrinsically Inefficient, Will Disappear" 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 $4,032 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.