On February 1, Beijing time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the American social media Clubhouse: "Bitcoin is a good thing, so I am a supporter of Bitcoin."
Musk said he got a share of a Bitcoin transaction in 2013, and many of his friends have been trying to convince him to buy and sell Bitcoin for years. He also said that he should have bought Bitcoin at least 8 years ago, admitting that he was late to the Bitcoin trading fest.
After Musk made these remarks, the price of Bitcoin once rose by $600.
Musk believes that Bitcoin is really close to being widely accepted in the traditional financial field.
Previously, Musk often joked about Dogecoin (Dogecoin, the second largest virtual currency after Bitcoin in terms of user count), but he said that this was actually just a joke. “The ultimate irony is that Dogecoin will become the currency of the planet in the future.”
It is worth mentioning that last Friday, after Musk changed his Twitter profile to "#bitcoin" (Bitcoin), Bitcoin immediately soared to more than 38,000 US dollars, once soaring 18%, hitting a high in the past two weeks.
In fact, Musk has often tweeted about Dogecoin or Bitcoin, which often causes the prices of these virtual cryptocurrencies to surge.
On January 8 this year, Ben Mezrich, the author of "Bitcoin Billionaires," tweeted: "I will never refuse to accept Bitcoin payment again." Later, Musk replied on Twitter: "I will never refuse either."
Earlier, Musk also said that the structure of Bitcoin is very good and that compared to currencies issued by central banks, virtual currencies are more reliable. He also revealed that he only holds 0.25 Bitcoin, which was given to him by a friend many years ago.
