"The Bitcoin Scam"
BTC_AT_TIME $8,545
Published in Co on 2019-05-31, "The Bitcoin Scam" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece characterised Bitcoin as a fraudulent scheme with no underlying value, arguing it would inevitably collapse once new buyers dried up. Bitcoin was trading at $8,545 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.