According to the source, a January 2023 appearance by Peter Zeihan on The Joe Rogan Experience included the claim that Bitcoin would go to zero or even negative, as recorded by The Joe Rogan Experience episode published that month on Spotify and YouTube. BTC traded near $17,000 in early January 2023, according to Coinbase BTC-USD historical price data. BTC later reached a new all-time high above $73,000 in March 2024, based on Coinbase price records. As a result, the negative-price prediction had not materialized through March 2024, per the same Coinbase dataset. For trading context, major market drivers over that period included the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s January 10, 2024 approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs and subsequent net inflows into IBIT and FBTC, according to U.S. SEC orders and issuer disclosures from iShares and Fidelity.