Slate Magazine, Jan 24, 2022
Slate Magazine
“Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock”
BTC that day: $36,281 (daily close)
$100 that day is worth $212 today (latest saved close, Nov 2, 2026)
What bitcoin did next
- Highest close before that day: $67,562 on Nov 9, 2021, so it was 46% below that high when this ran.
- Lowest close after it: $15,760 on Nov 22, 2022 (−57% from that day).
- One year later (Jan 24, 2023): $22,924 (−37%).
- Latest saved close (Nov 2, 2026): $76,805 (+112%), 1,743 days later.
Daily closes (UTC) from our saved history; no fees. Past prices don't predict future ones.
Other 2022 obituaries (2)
- CNBC (Warren Buffett), Apr 30, 2022: “If you … owned all of the bitcoin in the world and you offered it to me for $25 I wouldn't take it”
- The Spectator, May 9, 2022: “Crypto Is Dead”
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