"BTC Is Not Digital Gold, And It Never Was"
BTC_AT_TIME $84,043
Published in CoinGeek on 2025-03-21, "BTC Is Not Digital Gold, And It Never Was" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece challenged Bitcoin's narrative as a store of value or digital gold, arguing it lacked the stability and track record needed for that role. Bitcoin was trading at $84,043 at the time of publication. Bitcoin surged past $100,000 amid growing sovereign and institutional adoption.