Elon Musk says he’s a supporter of bitcoin and thinks it will get ‘broad acceptance’ in finance
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Elon Musk added #bitcoin to his Twitter bio last week, helping push the digital currency’s price up by as much as 20%.
- In a discussion on the popular Clubhouse audio chat app, Musk confirmed he likes bitcoin.
- “I think bitcoin is really on the verge of getting broad acceptance by conventional finance people,” he said.
Elon Musk is doubling down on his flirtation with bitcoin.
Early Friday, the billionaire Tesla boss added the hashtag #bitcoin to his Twitter bio, in a move that helped to briefly push up the price of the cryptocurrency by as much as 20%.
In a discussion on the popular Clubhouse audio chat app late Sunday, Musk confirmed he was a supporter of bitcoin.
“I’ve got to watch what I say here because some of these things can really move the market,” Musk said. “Many friends of mine have tried to convince me to get involved in bitcoin for a long time.”
Musk said he once ate a slice of “bitcoin cake” given to him by a friend in 2013, and that he “clearly … should have at least bought some bitcoin eight years ago — talk about being late to the party.”
“I do at this point think bitcoin is a good thing, and I am a supporter of bitcoin,” Musk said.
“I think bitcoin is really on the verge of getting broad acceptance by conventional finance people.”
Musk added that he doesn’t have “strong opinion” on other virtual currencies. He has tweeted about the meme-based cryptocurrency dogecoin in the past, and in 2019 he indicated that it was his “fav cryptocurrency.”
Last week, dogecoin skyrocketed as much as 800% in the space of 24 hours after a tweet from Musk was taken by Reddit users to mean he was throwing his support behind the token.