I have read several times here that claiming bitcoin is dead. As what you can observe, bitcoin is continuosly growing each day. It become adopts by many usually because of its fluctuating price. The demand is high, the massive adoption has been increased indeed. So, I can say bitcoin is really alive to its finest.
Yeah the price is in 4 digits so it can never be considered as dead and people who are spreading rumors about bitcoins are either haters of bitcoin or want to create a panic in the economy so that people start dumping their coins at lower price but it won't happen now.