Bitcoin investors are paying attention to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk hinted at the possibility of resuming Bitcoin payments for Tesla vehicles. In May, Elon Musk announced that he was temporarily suspending bitcoin payments for Tesla cars because of the sharp increase in fossil fuel use due to bitcoin mining.
Elon Musk said at the global cryptocurrency conference 'The B Word' on the 21st (local time), "Bitcoin seems to be moving in the direction of using much more renewable energy in the recent mining process." If so, it is highly likely that Tesla will resume trading via Bitcoin.”
“In the long term, we expect renewable energy to be the cheapest energy source,” he said. “If there is an effort made by miners of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to use renewable energy, Tesla will support that effort.” expressed a positive opinion about cryptocurrency using
Elon Musk's remarks made the Bitcoin market shake with anticipation. This is because of the expectation that the price of Bitcoin, which has plummeted as Elon Musk withdrew Tesla's Bitcoin payment, could rise again.
In fact, after Elon Musk's remarks about the possibility of Bitcoin trading resuming, the Bitcoin price once showed a high recovery. According to CoinMarketCap, a global coin market relay site, as of 6 am on the 23rd, the price of bitcoin was $32,257, up 1.19% from the previous day. On the day after Elon Musk's remarks were made (the 22nd), as of 12:16 pm, it was recorded at $32,069, up 7.4% from the previous day.
However, there are also a number of investors who are dissatisfied with Elon Musk's "light" speech. An overseas cryptocurrency investor criticized through an online community, saying, "The problem is that cryptocurrency prices fluctuate whenever Elon Musk speaks. We need to take away his smartphone and keyboard to prevent him from tweeting."
Gopax, a domestic cryptocurrency exchange, said in a report that “At the B Word Conference, Theory Musk personally owns Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, etc., and Tesla and SpaceX also have Bitcoin. "Musk contributed positively to Bitcoin and virtual assets, contributing to the Bitcoin price rebound."
“In addition, FTX, a global virtual asset exchange, attracted $900 million (about 1.3 trillion won) of investment, and major institutional investors such as Softbank and Sequoia Capital participated. The announcement of large-scale investments in virtual asset exchanges by major institutional investors in the midst of a slowdown in the virtual asset industry can be interpreted as a positive sign for the future of the virtual asset industry,” he added.
'주식' 카테고리의 다른 글
| KOSPI expected to remain flat in earnings season (0) | 2021.07.26 |
|---|---|
| Rumors spread through Samsung Electronics to beat TSMC (0) | 2021.07.25 |
| Shall we follow the year 2013, which has soared since September again? (0) | 2021.07.22 |
| The current state of the US stock market reminiscent of the 1999 IT bubble (0) | 2021.07.21 |
| Soaring Nvidia, is it okay to buy? (0) | 2021.07.20 |