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Bitcoin Critics Leaderboard - Top Bitcoin Obituary Authors

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Peter Schiff - Bitcoin critic who has declared Bitcoin dead 19 times

Peter Schiff

"There is a huge difference between a store of value like gold and a highly speculative digital token like Bitcoin, which..."
19
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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