"Tesla will make some merchandise that Doge can buy and see how things go," Musk said on Twitter.
Dogecoin jumped 33% shortly thereafter. Musk has been a longtime proponent of the meme-based cryptocurrency, which often witnessed price fluctuations in response to his tweets. Earlier this May, Musk hinted that Tesla was accepting a digital token with its now iconic Shiba Inu theme when he asked his followers if Tesla should start accepting digital currency payments. About 80 percent of the respondents answered positively.
In addition to Dogecoin, Musk also actively supported Bitcoin. Bitcoin jumped 16 percent in February 2021 to a record $ 44,795.20 after filings with the SEC showed Tesla had invested $ 1.5 billion in cryptocurrency.
“We may invest some of that cash in certain alternative reserve assets, including digital assets, gold bullion, gold exchange-traded funds, and other assets as indicated in the future,” Tesla said in a statement. p>
Bitcoin then surged five percent in March 2021 after Musk announced that customers could buy Tesla with Bitcoin. “You can now buy Tesla with Bitcoin,” he tweeted.
“Tesla only uses internal open source software and directly manages the Bitcoin nodes. The bitcoin paid out by Tesla will be stored as bitcoin, not converted into fiat currency, ”he explained in another tweet.
During this tweet, several social media users answered the question of when they will be able to purchase with Dogecoin.
However, Musk withdrew his statement soon after in May 2021, citing Bitcoin's “insane” energy consumption as the main reason for the suspension of the Bitcoin payment service.
“Tesla has suspended Bitcoin car purchases. We are concerned about the rapid increase in the use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the lowest emissions of any fuel. ” - he said in a message on Twitter.
"Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels, and we believe it has a promising future, but it cannot lead to large losses for the environment," the message says.
Another shocking thing is that Musk on Monday pulled about $ 906 million in Tesla shares from the sale, new documents showed. This brings its total sales since the beginning of November to nearly $ 13 billion. Tesla shares fell nearly five percent on Monday amid technology losses and market concerns.
