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 "Bitcoin is a bubble" The Economist 2017  

"Bitcoin is used by criminals" CNN 2013  

"Bitcoin consumes too much energy" The Guardian 2021  

"Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme" Forbes 2017  

"Bitcoin is not backed by anything" CNBC 2014, 2017  

"Bitcoin is a tool for money laundering" FinCEN 2013  

β€œππ’π­πœπ¨π’π§ 𝐒𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐬𝐑𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐑 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐑𝐨π₯𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 π₯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬.” 𝐄𝐂𝐁 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ’

"Bitcoin will be banned by governments" WSJ 2017  

"Bitcoin is too volatile to be a currency" Reuters 2017  

"Bitcoin is a fad" Various economists 2013-2017  

"Bitcoin is a threat to national security" The Washington Post 2018  

"Bitcoin is used for tax evasion" NYT 2017  

"Bitcoin will never be adopted by mainstream finance"  CNBC 2018
  
"Bitcoin is a speculative asset" The Financial Times 2017  

"Bitcoin is a digital version of tulip mania" The Economist 2018  

"Bitcoin is too complex for the average person" Various tech articles 2014

#bitcoin 🧑 https://video.nostr.build/2ce6bcdda4f16af4114d2bc0bd4a1d9b176b278d4851544386b64d9b01221b23.mp4  
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