"Bitcoin Inches Closer to Extinction"
BTC_AT_TIME $56,473
Published in Manilatimes on 2021-04-20, "Bitcoin Inches Closer to Extinction" 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 $56,473 at the time of publication. Bitcoin reached all-time highs above $60,000 twice, fuelled by institutional adoption and the NFT boom.