Elon Musk: Tesla will accept Bitcoin again

After Musk's recent tweet, the price of BTC has recovered to $39,000, and the total capitalization of the cryptocurrency marketgrew by 6%.

Tesla techno king Elon Musk on Sunday responded to the accusations of one of the richest women in South Africa and the CEO of the investment company Sygnia Magda Vezhitsky.

Magda noted that Musk's public statements about the first cryptocurrency are ordinary price manipulation for his own benefit.According to the businesswoman, such statements in the stock market would certainly lead to an investigation by the SEC.

Musk responded that Tesla had sold only 10% of its assets.In addition, the environmental component of the process of mining the first cryptocurrency remains a fundamental issue for him. 

The electric car manufacturer plans to resume accepting payments in crypto when minersuse "at least 50% renewable energy for extraction."Such solutions are already being offered by El Salvador, considering BTC mining with the help of volcano energy. 

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