The Economic Times, Oct 3, 2017
The Economic Times
“7 reasons why you should not invest in bitcoins, cryptocurrencies”
BTC that day: $4,394 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth $1,769 today (latest saved close, Nov 1, 2026)
What bitcoin did next
- Highest close before that day: $4,908 on Sep 2, 2017, so it was 10% below that high when this ran.
- Lowest close after it: $3,232 on Dec 16, 2018 (−26% from that day).
- One year later (Oct 3, 2018): $6,521 (+48%).
- Latest saved close (Nov 1, 2026): $77,727 (+1,669%), 3,316 days later.
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Other 2017 obituaries (36)
- WIRED, Jan 6, 2017: “Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—It’s Something Way Weirder”
- 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”
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