Elon Musk says SpaceX has accepted payment in the Dogecoin cryptocurrency to put a small satellite in lunar orbit early next year. The ‘DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon’ will see a 40kg (88lb) ‘cubesat’ satellite built by Canada’s Geometric Energy Corporation launch on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. ‘SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon … Read more
By Reuters 2021 Jan. 29: Musk adds ‘#bitcoin’ to his Twitter bio, leading to a 14% surge in the price of the largest cryptocurrency. The billionaire has since taken the tag off. In January, total market value of all cryptocurrencies reached more than $1 trillion for the first time. Feb. 1: In a chat on … Read more
Elon Musk says he has bought Dogecoin for his son after relentlessly tweeting about the cryptocurrency for days and boosting its value to an all-time high. The value of Dogecoin, which was created based on a popular dog meme, has surged 137 percent in the last week alone, according to CoinMarketCap data. Musk first started … Read more
Elon Musk‘s tweets about dogecoin continues to push the value of the ‘meme cryptocurrency’ even higher – as it’s revealed Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin and says the company will start accepting it as payment for cars ‘in the near future’. Dogecoin, which was largely created as a joke based on a popular … Read more
Elon Musk breaks his very brief Twitter silence to tout ‘meme cryptocurrency’ DogeCoin – prompting the asset to soar 60% amid concern over the Tesla founder’s ability to move markets with such ease Musk sent a flurry of tweets on Thursday touting ‘joke’ cryptocurrency DogeCoin It followed his vow to take a break from Twitter … Read more
Elon Musk’s tweets on cryptocurrency Dogecoin send its value soaring for the third time in recent months as Ethereum hits a new record high Dogecoin was initially started as a joke by two software engineers in 2013 Musk’s tweets on retailer Gamestop set off a stock market frenzy last week Ethereum’s value has risen over … Read more