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The much-awaited B-Word conference is currently live and underway with Elon Musk revealing and confirming many speculations. Musk revealed SpaceX also owns Bitcoin on its balance sheet along with Tesla and himself. Musk also revealed that he owns Ether, Dogecoin along BTC in his portfolio.
Musk also said he is an “overall supporter of Bitcoin.”
Talking about Dogecoin and why he support the currency, he said,”I love dogs and memes.”
Musk was also wearing an “Evolution of money” meme t-shirt that shows bitcoin as the ultimate evolved form of money.
“We are not selling any Bitcoin” – Elon Musk
Elon Musk also revealed that one time he proposed to put a Bitcoin node in a Starlink terminal which would give more people access to run Bitcoin.
“One idea would be to put a bitcoin node in SpaceX Starlink terminals, so that way more people would be running bitcoin”
When asked about Tesla’s plans of accepting Bitcoin as a payment in near future, Musk said,
“It looks like bitcoin is shifting more towards renewable … There is a trend towards more than 50% renewables. In that case, Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin, Most likely”
Cathie Wood one of the known Bitcoin proponents on the panel said,
“Bitcoin will be more environmentally friendly than gold mining or the traditional financial system,”
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