Musk Responds to Fan’s Request at Berlin Gigafactory
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted his electric car manufacturer could add Dogecoin as an official payment method for Tesla cars “at some point”. On March 13, Musk was interacting with the public at the Berlin Gigafactory, a Tesla manufacturing plant, wherein an audience member asked if Tesla could be bought using DOGE shortly. Musk responded positively to the request: “At some point, I think we should enable that.”
Dogecoin Price Surges on Musk’s Comments
Musk’s response sparked enthusiasm among investors as the market price of the token witnessed a sudden surge. Dogecoin reacted by jumping from $0.172 to $0.188 at the time of writing, marking a 9.3% as the video gains traction on X.
Dogecoin for Tesla Merchandise
Musk said that fans can still use DOGE to buy Tesla merchandise and showed support for the altcoin by reiterating “Dogecoin to the moon.”
Past Support for Dogecoin
Musk first started endorsing DOGE after a few employees from the Tesla Gigafactory urged the CEO to support Dogecoin as an official mode of payment. A similar request was made to him at SpaceX by visitors demanding support for Dogecoin, which ultimately was accepted as he said: “Doge is people’s crypto, so I will support it.”
According to Musk, Bitcoin got support from a lot of rich people, and he wanted to support crypto which is preferred by the general public.
Dogecoin Accepted for Merchandise Since 2022
Tesla started accepting Dogecoin payments for its company merchandise on Jan. 14, 2022. At the time, the company clarified that it supported only Dogecoin payments and any other “non-Dogecoin digital assets sent to Tesla will not be returned to the purchaser.”
X Payments Feature and Crypto Speculation
Musk’s “everything app” X (formerly Twitter) recently created an ‘XPayments’ account for its upcoming payments feature, fueling crypto community speculation about whether cryptocurrencies will be implemented.
There is anticipation that the X app will introduce in-app payment services by mid-2024. However, it’s unconfirmed whether the feature will support payments beyond traditional fiat currencies or if Musk will follow through with his fans’ vision of mainstreaming Dogecoin.
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