US customers can now buy Tesla using Bitcoin. Elon Musk announced the news through Twitter on Wednesday.
That hashtag bitcoin Twitter bio now makes sense. Elon Musk’s company is now ready to take payments in BTC.
You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021
The CEO and “Technoking’ of Tesla is known for being the Crypto friendly billionaire. He has time and again made pro-crypto tweets on social media. Moreover, Tesla announced a purchase of bitcoin worth 1.5 billion dollars in February.
Elon said on Twitter that for the time being, only US customers can now buy Tesla using bitcoin. However, this facility will be extended to the global audience in the latter half of this year.
The electric car company has a growing client base. By an estimation, Tesla sold 500,000 units in 2020.
Elon Musk elaborated on how the company is going to use the Bitcoin it receives as payment for cars.
Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes directly.
Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021
The crypto community is elated by the news. Kraken Exchange’s Twitter account responded to Elon’s tweet and mentioned the happiness of their stakeholders over this news.
🙌 This is big news for #Bitcoin! @elonmusk our employees can’t stop talking about your tweet this morning. Krakenites are excited about this move & we hope more companies follow your lead 🚀
— Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) March 24, 2021
Got Foot in the Door:
The institutional adoption of bitcoin is on its way. With Tesla accepting bitcoin, cryptocurrency has got the foot in the door of traditional industries. Hopefully, more companies will follow Tesla’s suit. 2021 seems to be the year of bitcoin.