Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in a short tweet that Tesla will start accepting payments with Dogecoin.
Tesla will make some products available for purchase with Doge and we’ll see how it goes.
Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021
Lastly, Musk, who was chosen as the man of the year by Time magazine, in a previous twitter survey, would you like Tesla to accept payment with Dogecoin? said, and the majority of the participants answered yes.
The news from the CEO, who has been keeping quiet about this issue for a while, came a short time ago.
As understood from Musk’s post, there will be a trial period in this regard. For which products Tesla will accept Dogecoin payment has not been announced for now.
In an interview with Time magazine at the weekend, Elon Musk stated that Bitcoin is a store of value, while Dogecoin is a means of payment.
After Musk’s sharing, Dogecoin rose by 30%.
*Not Investment Advice.