🔥💥Elon Musk Supports DOGE for Tesla Payments - 'Dogecoin Goes to the Moon'
#Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has stated that Tesla will need to activate dogecoin as a pay method for its vehicles “at some point. The meme exclaimed "#Dogecoin to the Moon" as he explained his reason for supporting the cryptocurrency. The billionaire said, "Many rich people were supporting bitcoin... But the people on the line [at Tesla and Spacex] want me to support DOGE," he said.
Elon Musk Says 'Dogecoin to the Moon'
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated that Tesla should activate DOGE payouts for its vehicles at an event at Tesla's Giga Berlin on Wednesday. Musk was asked by an audience member about the possibility of buying Tesla vehicles with DOGE. "When can you buy a Tesla with Dogecoin?" Musk repeated the question before answering:
At some point, I think we have to enable it ... Dogecoin to the moon.
Musk pointed out that customers can already buy some products using DOGE on the Tesla website, ”which is great," he said.
The billionaire also shared a story about why he is an avid supporter of dogecoin. ”A lot of people may not know the reason why I endorse dogecoin in some way," Musk began. "When I was walking around the factory at Tesla, some people were just, you know, even working... and they said: 'Can you please support the doge?"Also, I was at Spacex and also working in the factory, and some ordinary guys said: "Hey, can you support doge?" I was like, you know, the DOGE is the people's crypt. That's why I'm going to support him." He continued:
Musk has a long history of defending dogecoin. He is known as Dogefather in the crypto community. He previously announced that he owns dogecoin, bitcoin and ether. In January, he confirmed that he still owns "a bunch of dogecoins"." However, he denied that he was a dogecoin whale. A recent chain analysis revealed that Tesla has 11,509 bitcoins and Spacex has 8,285 BTC. Tesla briefly accepted bitcoin for car payouts in 2021.
