Bitcoin Is Dead

Bitcoin Critics Leaderboard - Top Bitcoin Obituary Authors

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Peter Schiff - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 18 times

Peter Schiff

"Bitcoin was born out of the financial crisis of 2008. Ironically, the financial crisis of 2025 will kill it."
18
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Warren Buffett - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 8 times

Warren Buffett

"Bitcoin is a gambling token, and it doesn’t have any intrinsic value."
8
Deaths
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Steve Hanke - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 8 times

Steve Hanke

"#Bitcoin’s volatility is its Achilles' heel and the reason it will never serve as a reliable unit of account or currency..."
8
Deaths
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Nouriel Roubini - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 8 times

Nouriel Roubini

"Since the fundamental value of bitcoin is zero and would be negative if a proper carbon tax was applied to its massive p..."
8
Deaths
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Jamie Dimon - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 7 times

Jamie Dimon

"I’ve always been deeply opposed to crypto, bitcoin, etc. The only true use case for it is criminals, drug traffickers … ..."
7
Deaths
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Paul Krugman - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 6 times

Paul Krugman

"It’s not digital gold — it’s digital Benjamins."
6
Deaths
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Nicholas Weaver - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 6 times

Nicholas Weaver

"First of all, the cryptocurrencies don’t actually work as currency. That’s the big deal. They’re hard to buy because the..."
6
Deaths
#8
Brett Arends - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 4 times

Brett Arends

"Cryptocurrencies are a pure gamble with no discernible fundamentals whatsoever. The cryptocurrency “markets” are rife wi..."
4
Deaths
#9
John Crudele - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 4 times

John Crudele

"As I’ve said before, bitcoin is nothing more than a confidence game. It’s worth nothing if people suddenly lose their co..."
4
Deaths
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Kevin Dowd - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 4 times

Kevin Dowd

"Does the subsequent price behavior of bitcoin mean my prediction was wrong? No. I still think that the long-run equilibr..."
4
Deaths

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