"Kevin O'Leary Calls Bitcoin ‘Garbage’"
BTC_AT_TIME $7,978
Published in CNBC on 2019-05-14, "Kevin O'Leary Calls Bitcoin ‘Garbage’" 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 $7,978 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.