Bitcoin has jumped past $30,000 as Elon Musk said Tesla is “most likely” to start accepting it as payment again.
The electric carmaker said in May that it would no longer accept the cryptocurrency for purchases.
It had cited concerns over the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining which uses huge amounts of electricity.
That move came less than two months after the company began accepting the world’s biggest digital currency as payment.
“Most likely the answer is that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin,” Mr Musk said during the B Word cryptocurrency conference.
That move came less than two months after the company began accepting the world’s biggest digital currency as payment.
“Most likely the answer is that Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin,” Mr Musk said during the B Word cryptocurrency conference.
He also said that he had been investigating fossil fuel usage in Bitcoin mining: “I wanted a little bit more due diligence to confirm that the percentage of renewable energy usage is most likely at or above 50%, and that there is a trend towards increasing that number, and if so Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin.”
