“My experience is that, after a fad withers away, those who were blindly promoting it will claim that they knew it all along; it was clearly predictable.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Essayist, Scholar, Former Trader · Bitcoin since: +190%
As published by U.Today
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Bitcoin on that day$27,721August 29, 2023
$100 at that price$289.80At our latest price check
Illustrative value using a Bitcoin price of $80,335, checked Oct 29, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC. Excludes fees, taxes, and inflation. A price change alone does not settle the original criticism.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb appears in 3 recorded obituaries. 14 declarations were recorded in 2023.
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Bitcoin Is Dead. “Black Swan" Author Slams Bitcoin as a Fad” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, U.Today, August 29, 2023. Bitcoin: $27,721.2. https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2023-08-29-black-swan-author-slams-bitcoin-as-a-fad