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Elon Musk has been attracting some negative press in the crypto world as of late, and now Russell Okung – a former NFL player for the Carolina Panthers and a big bitcoin fan – is joining the angry crowd. The Anger Towards Elon Musk Continues Okung recently erected a billboard which took aim at the South African entrepreneur, particularly his position as CEO of SpaceX. Okung posted the following on the billboard: Stick to space. Clearly, he wants Elon Musk out of the...

The story between Dogecoin and Tesla has a new, somewhat unexpected development coming from Europe. A German taxi company that has only Tesla cars has enabled its customers to use DOGE to pay for their rides. CryptoPotato reached out to the firm, called Tesla Taxi Aschaffenburg, to check out why it went that doggy road, what’s the endgame, and are people actually using the meme coin as a payment method. Use Dogecoin to Pay for Tesla Taxis in Germany The Germany-based taxi...

Elon Musk is not as popular as he used to be. In fact, according to a new study, Musk is just about the most hated man right about now amongst crypto fans. Is Elon Musk the Most Hated Man in Crypto? The study was conducted by an analysis firm known as Awario. The enterprise has been monitoring the South African entrepreneur’s bitcoin tweets since late last year and has been studying how many people post negative and positive sentiment regarding his decisions and ideas....

Bitcoin is trading more or less where it was a week ago, following another seven days of choppy price actions. This time, however, it seems that it was an event that propelled its most recent decline and the catalyst was no other but Elon Musk. Last weekend kicked off with a crash towards $33K on Saturday, followed by an increase and yet another decline to roughly around the same area on Monday. As the workweek began, the price started recovering, and it reached well over...

Bitcoin whales seem not to care about Elon Musk’s comments on bitcoin anymore as they have continued accumulating significant portions of the asset. Such wallets have expanded their BTC holdings by roughly $2 billion since the market started dumping. Bitcoin Whales Keep Purchasing Bitcoin whales are typically described as wallets containing between 100 to 10,000 bitcoins. According to data from the analytics company Santiment, such addresses have been unfazed by the latest...

Daymak – a Canadian electric vehicle manufacturer – is planning a new car that will allegedly mine bitcoin and cryptocurrencies while charging. The vehicle is already set for pre-order and will be available to customers beginning in the year 2023. Daymak Is Bringing Cars and Crypto Together The new model will be known as the Avvenire Spiritus and will be able to extract new units of currencies such as bitcoin and Dogecoin, the ever-popular meme currency which has...

The stimulus bill signed by the US government pushed Miami’s pro bitcoin mayor to purchase portions of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. In a recent interview, Francis Suarez also touched upon the role that Elon Musk plays in the market and said that BTC could serve as a valid hedge only after it stops going up and down by double-digits after interactions by Tesla’s CEO. Miami Mayor Owns BTC and ETH Ever since the start of the year, Francis Suarez, the current...

Elon Musk’s debacle with the cryptocurrency community over BTC’s energy consumption levels has turned people against him, revealed a recent report. A company tracking social sentiment has outlined a significant reversal in social media engagements, with the majority taking a negative approach towards Tesla’s CEO. Elon Musk Sentiment Goes Into Negative Territory It’s safe to say that Elon Musk is among the most influential people these days. The billionaire runs some of the...

Changpeng Zhao – the CEO of Binance, arguably the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume – has called out Elon Musk over his alleged lack of willingness to accept bitcoin payments for Tesla-based goods and services. Elon Musk Has Attracted Some Backlash from Zhao It appears Zhao has issues with Musk’s recent words regarding the mining process behind bitcoin. While Tesla was initially set to accept bitcoin as a method of payment, Musk...

TRON’s Justin Sun agrees with Elon Musk’s concerns on the carbon footprint that bitcoin mining leaves. He believes the proof of work consensus algorithm has its flaws and urged people to strive to use more green energy. Sun Agrees With Musk Tesla’s CEO made the news several weeks ago when the EV-maker disallowed bitcoin payments for its products. Ever since then, Musk repeatedly outlined the high levels of energy used by the primary cryptocurrency and urged miners to use more...