"Blockchain Has Been Unblocked, Unchained And Broken"
BTC_AT_TIME $5,215
Published in Forbes on 2019-04-16, "Blockchain Has Been Unblocked, Unchained And Broken" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece dismissed Bitcoin while acknowledging blockchain technology, arguing the underlying network was the real innovation and Bitcoin itself was dispensable. Bitcoin was trading at $5,215 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.