"Cryptocurrency: Burn It With Fire"

Published in Ars Technica on 2019-01-29, "Cryptocurrency: Burn It With Fire" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued that Bitcoin failed as a functional currency due to extreme price volatility, slow transaction speeds, and limited merchant acceptance. Bitcoin was trading at $3,421 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.