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Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Accept Bitcoin If Cryptocurrency Miners Use Clean Energy

Ian Haworth
Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Accept Bitcoin If Cryptocurrency Miners Use Clean Energy
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Reacting to comments from Magda Wierzycka, CEO of South African asset manager Sygnia, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin as payment as soon as the cryptocurrency relies on a more efficient and greener use of energy.

“This is inaccurate,” Musk tweeted in response to Wierzycka, who said, “What we have seen with Bitcoin is price manipulation by one very powerful and influential individual.”

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