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Remembering Viktor Antonov, Beloved Artist Behind Half-Life 2 And Dishonored
24.2.2025
It was announced earlier this week that video game artist Viktor Antonov had died at the unreasonably young age of 52. With stints working at big-name studios like Valve and Arkane, Antonov’s work was a key part of some of the most loved games of all time. It was his unmistakable style that defined...
One Of The Greatest Games Critics Of All Time Has Died
23.1.2025
There is a reasonable chance you have not heard of Jonathan Nash. However, the games journalist and comedy writer has been such an inspiration for a generation of games critics, and the generation inspired by them, that his influence has almost certainly reached you. J Nash was extraordinary,...
Bitcoin’s Obituary Bounce — Decline in ‘Death Calls’ Signals Resilient 2023
4.1.2024
Following numerous proclamations of bitcoin’s demise in 2021 and 2022, totaling 47 and 27 on the Bitcoin Obituaries list respectively, a mere eight declarations were noted in 2023. The final one emerged at the year’s end, attributed to crypto advocate Arthur Hayes, who warned that...
The Bitcoin Obituary Obituary
28.11.2022
And why one Harvard economist thinks bitcoin could end up on central bank balance sheets
Remembering Mike Fahey, The Soul Of Kotaku
6.9.2022
Mike Fahey knew how to disarm a person. Read more
‘Bitcoin Is Dead’ Google Searches Skyrocket, Bitcoin Obituaries Records 15 Deaths This Year
20.6.2022
According to the Bitcoin Obituaries list, bitcoin has died 15 times in 2022, and the last obituary written about bitcoin’s death was on June 18, in a recent statement that said: “Bitcoin Will Not Recover.” Interestingly, Google Trends data shows that the search phrase...
2021’s BTC Obituary List Accelerated This Year, 41 Alleged Bitcoin Deaths Recorded
6.12.2021
As bitcoin and a number of crypto assets have dropped in value during the last two weeks, its seems that everyone’s hope for six-digit bitcoin prices has become unattainable. However, year-to-date, bitcoin has risen more than 150% in value and despite the rise, skeptics and critics continue...
Bitcoin’s obituary and a Starbucks blockchain: Bad crypto news of the week
12.9.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
Bitcoin Obituaries Lists Another Crypto Eulogy, 2020 BTC Deaths in the Single Digits
9.9.2020
The infamous “Bitcoin Obituaries” has seen another addition to the long list of deaths since bitcoin’s oldest death on December 15, 2010. According to the list of articles with 382 deaths to-date, bitcoin was declared dead again on September 4, 2020. Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto...
Mathew D’Souza, Crypto Entrepreneur and Hedge Fund Manager, Dies
26.8.2020
Founder, CEO of Blockware Solutions and Blockware Mining, D’Souza passed away on Aug. 21 following a seven-year fight with leukemia
Rumors of Bitcoin’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
9.3.2020
According to the Bitcoin Obituary Page, Bitcoin died 379 times between 2010-2019 of an astonishing array of causes. The number is undoubtedly understated since it is based on a limited sample of obituaries. Despite the glee with which the corpses of Bitcoin are contemplated, however, cryptocurrency...
It’s Not Time to Write Libra’s Crypto Obituary Just Yet
21.10.2019
The recent spate of bad news for Libra isn't necessarily a death knell for the project, writes Mike J. Casey