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Filed September 13, 2026
The short version
Nouriel Roubini predicted on February 2, 2018: “Dubbed 'Dr Doom', Roubini said the sharp fall was the beginning of a crash that would see the value of the digital currency plummet 'all the way down to zero'.” Verdict: Missed it. Bitcoin did experience a significant market downturn after the prediction, but it never reached zero. It subsequently recovered and achieved…
Prediction by
Nouriel Roubini
On February 2, 2018
“Dubbed 'Dr Doom', Roubini said the sharp fall was the beginning of a crash that would see the value of the digital currency plummet 'all the way down to zero'.”
Follow-up
Bitcoin did experience a significant market downturn after the prediction, but it never reached zero. It subsequently recovered and achieved new all-time highs in later cycles, remaining actively traded and widely used.
Original source
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