Bitcoin declared dead 478 times since 2010, with $1,000 tracked at each call
Bitcoin.com News counted 478 'bitcoin is dead' calls since 2010 and valued $1,000 invested at each of the major ones, tracking Dimon, Buffett, Trump and the ECB.
Why it matters
The exercise puts dollar values on a recurring set of claims, and the spread across the calls it lists is wide: $20,700 credited to the Dimon call against $5,000 for the 2022 ECB post, with each figure resting on the date the desk selected. Only one outlet did the counting, so the 478 total and the per-call values have not been checked against a second tally, and the syndicated copy adds no independent numbers.
Key facts
Bitcoin.com News counted 478 public declarations that bitcoin was finished since 2010.
478Reported by Bitcoin.com News
Peter Schiff accounts for 26 of the death calls, more than Warren Buffett's eight.
26Reported by Bitcoin.com News
BTC traded near $86,500 on Sept. 23, roughly 30% below its $126,080 record.
86,500 USDReported by Bitcoin.com News
Jamie Dimon, described as the JPMorgan chief, called bitcoin a fraud in 2017, and $1,000 placed then is credited with $20,700 today.
20,700 USDReported by Bitcoin.com News
Warren Buffett called bitcoin probably rat poison squared at Berkshire Hathaway's 2018 annual meeting, where Charlie Munger called crypto trading just dementia, and $1,000 placed then is credited with $8,800 today.
8,800 USDReported by Bitcoin.com News
European Central Bank officials Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaff described the market in a Nov. 30, 2022 blog post as an artificially induced last gasp before the road to irrelevance, and $1,000 placed then is credited with $5,000 today.
5,000 USDReported by Bitcoin.com News
What happened
Bitcoin.com News published a tally of public declarations that bitcoin was finished, counting 478 of them since 2010, with Peter Schiff responsible for 26 and Warren Buffett for eight, and tracked what $1,000 invested at each prominent call would be worth on Sept. 23. Crypto News carried the same list under syndication, so the desk holds one independent account of the count and one set of dollar figures. The values Bitcoin.com News gives: $4,922,700 for the June 20, 2011 Forbes piece by Tim Worstall that followed Mt. Gox's collapse from $17 to pennies, $20,700 for Jamie Dimon's 2011-era claim... correction: for Dimon's 2017 fraud claim, $8,800 for Buffett's 2018 'probably rat poison squared' remark at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, $7,300 for Donald Trump's July 11, 2019 post calling cryptocurrencies not money, and $5,000 for the European Central Bank's Nov. 30, 2022 blog post by Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaff describing the market as an artificially induced last gasp before the road to irrelevance. Both articles name the European Central Bank twice, in 2022 and again in 2024, when officials called US spot ETF approval the naked emperor's new clothes, and both mention Charlie Munger beside Buffett calling crypto trading just dementia; the visible text of the Crypto News version stops before a dollar figure for 2024. The 478 total, the Schiff and Buffett tallies, and the report that BTC traded near $86,500 on Sept. 23, roughly 30% below its $126,080 record, appear only in the Bitcoin.com News version.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Bitcoin.com News
What $1,000 Would Be Worth at Every Major ‘Bitcoin Is Dead’ Call
- Update
Bitcoin.com News publishes the 478-call bitcoin obituary tally
The article counts 478 declarations that bitcoin was finished since 2010, names Peter Schiff with 26 and Warren Buffett with eight, and reports BTC near $86,500 on Sept. 23, roughly 30% below its $126,080 record.
- Official statement
Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a fraud
The JPMorgan chief called bitcoin worse than tulip bulbs and said someone was going to get killed. $1,000 placed at that 2017 call is credited with $20,700 today.
- Official statement
European Central Bank officials publish a blog post calling bitcoin finished
In the Nov. 30, 2022 post, Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaff described the market as an artificially induced last gasp before the road to irrelevance. $1,000 placed then is credited with $5,000 today.
- Official statement
European Central Bank returns in 2024 to criticise US spot ETF approval
Officials called the approval the naked emperor's new clothes. The visible text of the syndicated version ends before the dollar figure for this entry, and Bitcoin.com News confirms the institution declared bitcoin finished twice, in 2022 and 2024.
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 23 Sept 2026, 09:05 UTC: Bitcoin.com News, official — 1 independent source, 1 reports
Affected entities
Also mentioned: Michael Saylor, ARK Invest
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin.com News Company, official | What $1,000 Would Be Worth at Every Major ‘Bitcoin Is Dead’ Call | Original | |
| Crypto News (CryptoNews.net) Aggregator | What $1,000 Would Be Worth at Every Major 'Bitcoin Is Dead' Call | Syndicated |
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