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No. 43 of 93 worst aged · Financial Times · December 1, 2017

“Bitcoin: an investment mania for the fake news era”

Financial Times headline: Bitcoin: an investment mania for the fake news era

Bitcoin that day

$10,828

Bitcoin on Oct 3, 2026

$84,972

Bitcoin since

+685%

the demand for bitcoin arises from the same sort of anxieties about modern life that helped elect Donald Trump as US president.

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    Bitcoin since

    +763%

    $9,841 → $84,972

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