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In a public filing last Tuesday, electric car company Tesla and its CEO – South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – revealed that they have lost more than $1 billion in bitcoin. Musk and Tesla’s BTC Stash Has Gone Down the Tubes The company’s balance sheet grew by approximately $1.5 billion in BTC last February, and within two months, bitcoin had reached a new all-time high, jumping from the low $50,000 range to about $64,000 per unit. However, things took an ugly turn from...

Elon Musk has always been there to push Dogecoin, and this week was no exception. The South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Tesla tweeted that “Dogecoin is money,” and he wants everyone to take the asset seriously. Elon Musk Is Pushing Dogecoin Again Dogecoin is one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies in existence. First arriving on the monetary scene in approximately 2013, the currency initially began as a meme coin –...

Not long ago, cryptocurrency was pushed by an event that took place online. The event saw three major bitcoin bulls – Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Cathie Wood – chatting online in an open forum to discuss the future of the world’s number one digital currency. Elon Musk Has a Lot to Say About BTC Just hours after the meeting took place, bitcoin saw its price bouncing back above $32,000 per unit, up $2,000 from where it had been just a couple days ago. While the move...

It’s safe to say that this was a rather intense week in the cryptocurrency market, despite Bitcoin being only about 2% up throughout the period. Things started off rather calmly, and the market was pretty flat until Monday. Bears took control and brought the price down to slightly above $30K before landing the final blow on Tuesday and pushing BTC below $30,000. It was on Wednesday, though, when the highly-anticipated B Word event took place, which saw Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey,...

Elon Musk has a funny theory about why Dogecoin (DOGE) might conquer the crypto space. In his panel discussion with Jack Dorsey and Cathie Wood at “The B Word” online event,  Elon Musk expressed an amusing theory about Dogecoin as an aside. When asked about the meme coin’s prospects, Tesla’s Founder first explained the traditional theory of Occam’s razor: “The simplest explanation is the most likely explanation.” He then expressed one of his friend’s variants of that theory:...

Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey finally had their face-to-face talk about Bitcoin at “The B Word” event today. Joined by Cathie Wood and moderated by Steve Lee, their long-awaited talk was largely bullish all around – including on Bitcoins energy use, which Elon says he is now more optimistic about. The three began by citing what got them interested in Bitcoin. Elon saw it as an improvement to the “information system” that supports the economy as a whole On Scalability, Musk admits...

The newly launched cryptocurrency Baby Doge Coin will make its debut on NASCAR this Saturday. The professional racer Brandon Brown will drive his No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro, branded with the asset’s symbol. Baby Doge on the Runway The fans of the recently launched digital asset – Baby Doge Coin – will have the chance to see the image of their token branded on Brandon Brown’s car during the 115th edition of the NASCAR Xfinity Series in Atlanta, Georgia. The American racer...

The month of June marked a turning point for the world of crypto and bitcoin mining, and it looks like revenue for miners has begun to slip. Crypto Miners Are Losing Out On Funds Both bitcoin and Ethereum miners reported a drop in earnings throughout June 2021. Profits fell by as much as 42 percent from May, which saw those involved in extracting new units garner a whopping $1.45 billion in crypto-based profit. By contrast, June only produced $839 million in profit for...

After a short break from his usual comments on Twitter about the cryptocurrency space, Elon Musk reminded of his humoristic side with a new set of intriguing posts. Although his tweets contained the word “Doge,” the meme coin failed to increase. However, it turns out that the billionaire had Dogecoin’s baby in mind. Aside from his views on bitcoin, Tesla’s CEO has outlined his support for Dogecoin for months. This propelled the Shiba Inu-inspired meme coin into the...

Elon Musk is in the news again. This time, he is sticking up for the meme currency Dogecoin, and saying how much he supports a proposed upgrade that could potentially allow Doge transactions to become cheaper in the future. Elon Musk Shows Support for Doge There are probably a healthy number of people out there that really could give a hoot about anything Musk has to say at this point. The man has played so many games in the past two months and tweeted so much nonsense...