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Bitcoin jumps after Elon Musk says Tesla will accept crypto when miners use clean energy
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Bitcoin jumps after Elon Musk says Tesla will accept crypto when miners use clean energy
Reuters / Updated: Jun 14, 2021, 10:15AM IST
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he believed cryptocurrency has a promising future, but it cannot be at great cost to the environment.
"When there's confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions," he said in a tweet.
Bitcoin rose 5.1% to $37,360.63 at 1810 GMT (2:10 p.m. ET) on Sunday, adding $1,817.87 to its previous close, after Musk's tweet.
Musk also said that Tesla sold about 10% of holdings to confirm bitcoin could be liquidated easily without moving market.
He announced in May that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin for car purchases, citing long-brewing environmental concerns for a swift reversal in the company's position on the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin fell more than 10% after his tweet.
The billionaire said that he believed cryptocurrency has a promising future, but it cannot be at great cost to the environment.
In February, Tesla revealed it had bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin and would accept it as a form of payment for cars.
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