Jason Calacanis — venture investor and long-time bitcoin sceptic — dropped another obituary as
BTC slid back to $80K. His verdict: bitcoin feels like a CD in the age of Spotify, a dead cat that keeps bouncing. No killer use case, no mass adoption, and its advocates traded pirate flags for orange ties and cringe memes.Michael Saylor's reply was three sentences and a door closing:
"You've watched Bitcoin grow since 2011. It's now a $1.6 trillion success. Preserving wealth across generations is a bigger ambition than entertaining a dinner party."
Then: *"The orange tie stays."*
Seventeen years in, two serious people look at the same asset and see completely different animals. According to CoinDesk, both are still watching.