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Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla, orders a halt to bitcoin car payments

Tesla CEO and self-dubbed Technoking is back-peddling on the company’s stance about bitcoin and has suspended purchases of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency. The change of stance, which was delivered via tweet, comes just weeks after Tesla CFO and dubbed “Master of Coin” Zach Kirkhorn said the company believes in the longevity of bitcoin, despite its volatility. The tweet from Musk sent the price of bitcoin down more than 4% (and falling). The price of bitcoin is down more than 7%… Source link

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Elon Musk SpaceX Dogecoin tweet fails to spur price

Elon Musk said that the satellite, dubbed Doge-1, would be the first-ever crypto in space and the ‘first meme in space’. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters A tweet from Elon Musk saying that his SpaceX company would accept dogecoin (DOGE-USD) to fund a lunar mission next year failed to spur the price of the cryptocurrency on Monday. Dogecoin, which had been rallying last week as internet users tried to push the value of the coin to $1 (£0.70), was lower on the day, down 1.1% to $0.53. The Tesla… Source link

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UPDATE 1-Dogecoin loses third of price after Elon Musk calls it a ‘hustle’ on ‘SNL’

(Updates price, adds commentary) By Alden Bentley and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) – Dogecoin lost more than a third of its price on Sunday, after Tesla chief and cryptocurrency supporter Elon Musk called it a ‘hustle’ during his guest-host spot https://twitter.com/cryptoafricaedu/status/1391373668744372225?s=21 on the “Saturday Night Live” comedy sketch TV show. Dogecoin was quoted as low as $0.416 on crypto exchange Binance… Source link

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Dogecoin plunges after Elon Musk mention on SNL

Tesla CEO and founder and chief engineer of SpaceX, Elon Musk.Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The value of dogecoin (DOGE) plummeted from record highs after Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) appearance, disappointing investors who tried to push the coin to $1 (£0.72).  Analysts had expected the Tesla (TSLA) CEO or the “Dogefather” to mention the meme-inspired crypto on SNL and send prices spiking, instead his plug saw the coin crash nearly 25% from $0.69 to $0.48 a… Source link

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A Last Waltz for Yahoo and AOL, and Elon Musk on SNL

Hello, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including: Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up here. Soundtrack: This week’s newsletter has been specially designed to be consumed while listening to Serge Gainsbourg’s “Requiem pour un con” This week: A last waltz for Yahoo and AOL … Source link

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Elon Musk Tweets ‘What Does the Future Hodl?’ as DOGE Goes Up – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Under $10 That Are Poised to Take Off COVID is receding, and markets are rising; those are the two trends that investors have most on their minds right now. It’s entirely sensible that they’ll go together. As the economy reopens, money will begin to circulate faster – and find its way in the equity market. With economic conditions improving, investors are on the lookout for the best returns in an expansionary environment. One natural place for them to… Source link

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Elon Musk favourite Dogecoin rockets 200% as Robinhood accused of curbing trade

Dogecoin takes its name and logo from the Shiba Inu dog in the “doge” meme that became popular on the internet that same year. Photo: Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) has soared almost 200% to a new-all time high of $0.3922 (£0.28), riding a broader wave of interest in cryptocurrencies that has been cresting in recent days. The cryptocurrency, which first started up as a joke in 2013, now has a market cap of $33.4bn thanks to the recent surge. It puts the coin in the top 10… Source link

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How Elon Musk Responded To Competitor Nio's 100,000th Vehicle Milestone – Yahoo Finance

Bloomberg Watch U.S. Inflation for Hidden Price Momentum: Eco Week Ahead (Bloomberg) — A flurry of U.S. economic reports this week may signal the underlying strength of growth and inflation pressures as the country’s thaw from the coronavirus crisis begins to spread.One of the most-watched reports will be the consumer price index, with March data likely to show a heady acceleration from last year’s pandemic conditions. Economists may zero in on the monthly change to gauge momentum… Source link

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Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Marketing Coup

Here’s some free advice for the Honda Motor Company: Market your cars to the newly bitcoin rich. I’ve already got the ad copy for you.  A true bitcoiner is building for the future and deferring gratification. She doesn’t blow her hard-earned savings on flashy toys. She prefers a solid, dependable family car. Related: UK Man Ordered to Pay More Than $571M for Fraudulent Bitcoin Trading Scheme: CFTC And a slogan…. Lambos are for losers. HODLers drive Hondas. Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk’s… Source link

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China restricting Tesla use uncovers a significant challenge for Elon Musk: expert – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks Analysts Say ‘Buy the Dip’ in These 3 Stocks Smart stock investing shouldn’t be emotional, but investors are only human, after all, making it difficult to follow a rational trading strategy. Investors should remember the advice of Warren Buffett: “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” What Buffett is advocating is the oldest of market advice: buy low and sell high. Taking this into consideration, we set out on… Source link

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