Bitcoin will soon be effectively shut down or marginalized, suffering the same fate as online gambling.
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“#Bitcoin days are numbered. It seems like just a matter of time before it suffers the same fate as online gambling.”
- Said on
- 19 December 2013 · Post on Twitter (@saylor), Dec 19, 2013, embedded in Decrypt's 2020 article on his reversal
- Source
- How MicroStrategy CEO Went From Bitcoin Basher to $425m Buy · Decrypt
- Should come true
- No date given
- How sure they sounded
- days are numbered; seems like just a matter of time
- Categories
- Crypto
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · The fate of bitcoin determines whether a new asset class and the crypto industry survive.
Outcome
Inaccurate
More than ten years later bitcoin has not met the fate of online gambling: the SEC approved US spot bitcoin ETFs in January 2024 and bitcoin traded above $126,000 in October 2025. Saylor himself later reversed and made Strategy the largest corporate holder.
- https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-statement-spot-bitcoin-011023
- https://metalcharts.org/bitcoin-price-history/2025
History
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