China-Singapore Jingwei Client, January 11, On January 10, in response to the Twitter of Ben Mezridge, the author of the book "Bitcoin Billionaire," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he Will not refuse to accept Bitcoin payments.
Earlier, Metzridge wrote on Twitter: "I will never refuse to accept Bitcoin payments." Subsequently, Musk replied: "I will not refuse."
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It is reported that Musk is a supporter of cryptocurrency, he has mentioned Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on Twitter many times.
Earlier, Musk praised the structure of Bitcoin as "excellent" and also revealed that he owns 0.25 Bitcoin.
Public information shows that Ben Mezridge, the author of "Bitcoin Billionaire", once wrote "The Accidental Billionaire", which became the Oscar-nominated movie "Social Network", which described Facebook founder Mark Za The legal dispute between Kerberg and the Winklevoss twins.
"Bitcoin Billionaire" tells the story of the Winklevoss brothers who discovered the world of Bitcoin and became billionaires after a legal battle with Zuckerberg.
At the beginning of 2021, Bitcoin continued to advance by leaps and bounds, breaking through $40,000 for the first time last Thursday, with a total value of more than $750 billion.
At present, the total market value of the cryptocurrency market has soared to more than $1 trillion.
However, there are peaks and troughs in the market. On Monday, the price of Bitcoin fell sharply, from around $39,000 to below $35,000. It fell more than 14% in the day and gave up all the gains since January 7.
Last week, Musk surpassed Amazon founder Bezos to become the world's richest man, mainly due to the rapid rise in the market value of Tesla, his electric car manufacturer.
In 2020, Tesla's stock price has risen by more than 700%.
(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)