Bitcoin has been declared ‘dead’ more times in 2025 than all of 2024
Summary ⚈ Despite hitting new highs in 2025, Bitcoin has already faced 11 “death” declarations, more than all of 2024. ⚈ Bitcoin has faced 430 such declarations since its inception. ⚈ High-profile figures like Peter Schiff, Eugene Fama, and Anatoly Yakovenko continue to dismiss Bitcoin. Despite hitting a new record high in 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) faces a sustained wave of skepticism, reflected in a growing number of ‘death’ declarations. In the first half of 2025 alone, Bitcoin has faced 11 obituary declarations, surpassing the 10 recorded throughout all of 2024, according to data retrieved by Finbold from Bitcoin Obituaries on May 14. A Bitcoin obituary is a public claim, often by critics or institutions, that Bitcoin is worthless or doomed, usually made during periods of high volatility or price surges. Historically, Bitcoin has been pronounced ‘dead’ during nearly every market cycle. This pessimism peaked in 2017, when BTC hi...