Is Crypto Dead Yet?

Live at https://digitallawyer.github.io/iscryptodeadyet/.

A single-page infographic comparing the Bitcoin price against worldwide Google search interest for "is crypto dead?" since 2010.

The page is one self-contained HTML file. The trend data is embedded in the page (and parsed client-side), the Bitcoin price chart uses monthly closes from CryptoCompare baked into the JS, and the current Bitcoin price is fetched live from the public CoinGecko API on every page load (and refreshed every 60s).

Files

File	Purpose
index.html	The page. Self-contained: HTML + CSS + JS + raw CSV in one file.
time_series_Worldwide_20031231-1600_20260606-1519.csv	The same Google Trends CSV the page is built on, kept beside the page for raw inspection.
README.md	This file.

The same CSV content is also embedded inside index.html (look for <script id="trends-csv">), so the page works correctly even when opened straight from disk (file://). The Download data (CSV) button on the page builds a Blob from that embedded copy, so the download is identical to the file in this repo.

Live Bitcoin price

The current BTC price is pulled from CoinGecko's free public endpoint:

GET https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd

No API key is required, CORS is enabled, and the rate limits are well within what a static GitHub Pages site will use (one request per visitor per 60 seconds). The fetched price:

• replaces the embedded "current month" value in the chart (so the orange line tip moves in real time);
• updates the "BTC price · live" stat with a flash animation on change;
• recomputes the "BTC from peak" drawdown stat live;
• shows a small green pulsing dot + LIVE · COINGECKO label.

If the API call fails (rate limit, offline, blocked) the badge turns red and reads "live feed offline", and the page falls back to the last embedded monthly close so nothing breaks.

Deploy to GitHub Pages (free)

GitHub Pages will happily host this — it is a plain static site.

1. Push the repo to GitHub:

   git init
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial site"
   git branch -M main
   git remote add origin git@github.com:digitallawyer/iscryptodeadyet.git
   git push -u origin main

2. On GitHub, go to Settings → Pages, set Source to Deploy from a branch, pick branch main and folder / (root), then Save.

3. After a minute the site will be live at https://digitallawyer.github.io/iscryptodeadyet/.

That's it — no build step, no server, no API key. The CoinGecko fetch happens directly from the visitor's browser.

Custom domain (optional)

If you want iscryptodeadyet.com (or any other domain), add a CNAME file to the repo containing only the bare domain, then point a DNS CNAME record at <your-user>.github.io.

Local preview

The page is fully self-contained, so you can just double-click index.html. For an exact preview of how it will behave on GitHub Pages (including the live BTC fetch over HTTPS), run any static server, e.g.:

python3 -m http.server 4123
open http://127.0.0.1:4123

Updating the data

To refresh the Google Trends data:

1. Re-run the Trends query (Worldwide, all-time).
2. Replace the CSV file and also the contents of the <script id="trends-csv"> block in index.html.
3. To extend Bitcoin price history, append monthly closes to the BTC_MONTHLY array. Update BTC_ATH and BTC_ATH_DATE if a new all-time high has been set.

The page recomputes the search index on every load: the peak month becomes 100 and every other month is rescaled accordingly. So if a future month surpasses June 2022, the chart simply re-anchors — no code change required.

Credits

• Bitcoin price history: CryptoCompare
• Live Bitcoin spot price: CoinGecko
• Search interest: Google Trends