Ars Technica, Feb 4, 2019
Ars Technica
“CRYPTOCURRENCY: BURN IT WITH FIRE”
BTC that day: $3,456 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth $2,249 today (latest saved close, Nov 1, 2026)
What bitcoin did next
- Highest close before that day: $19,280 on Dec 17, 2017, so it was 82% below that high when this ran.
- Lowest close after it: $3,395 on Feb 8, 2019 (−2% from that day).
- One year later (Feb 4, 2020): $9,285 (+169%).
- Latest saved close (Nov 1, 2026): $77,727 (+2,149%), 2,827 days later.
Daily closes (UTC) from our saved history; no fees. Past prices don't predict future ones.
Other 2019 obituaries (16)
- Cointelegraph, Jan 8, 2019: “BTC ‘Intrinsically Inefficient, Will Disappear’”
- CNBC, Jan 23, 2019: “‘Bitcoin will go to zero’: Davos talks up the future of blockchain tech”
- WIRED, Feb 6, 2019: “There’s No Good Reason To Trust Blockchain Technology”
- Barron's, Feb 14, 2019: “JPMorgan Just Killed the Bitcoin Dream”
- CNBC, Feb 25, 2019: “Bitcoin has no unique value at all”
- Gizmodo, Apr 2, 2019: “Nobody Learned Their Lesson After the Last Crash”
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