WIRED, Jan 6, 2017
WIRED
“Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It’s Something Way Weirder”
BTC that day: $1,000 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth $7,775 today (latest saved close, Nov 1, 2026)
What bitcoin did next
- Highest close before that day: $1,137 on Dec 5, 2013, so it was 12% below that high when this ran.
- Lowest close after it: $781 on Jan 12, 2017 (−22% from that day).
- One year later (Jan 6, 2018): $16,915 (+1,592%).
- Latest saved close (Nov 1, 2026): $77,727 (+7,675%), 3,586 days later.
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Other 2017 obituaries (36)
- BusinessInsider, Feb 24, 2017: “A leading economist explains why bitcoin isn’t money”
- Yahoo Finance, Jul 12, 2017: “Bitcoin acceptance is virtually zero and shrinking”
- CoinDesk, Aug 17, 2017: “Bitcoin Bear Peter Schiff Doubles Down: Even at $4,000 It’s Still a ‘Bubble’”
- Forbes, Aug 23, 2017: “Big Governments Will Crush Bitcoin, But Won’t Kill It”
- Forbes, Sep 9, 2017: “Why China Crushed Bitcoin”
- CNBC, Sep 12, 2017: “JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is a ‘fraud’ that will eventually blow up”
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