Another Dogecoin (DOGE)-related tweet was sent out by Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, and this time, it’s more serious as the tech mogul is asking customers if they want to use Dogecoin as payment for Tesla cars.
The “tweet poll” put the social media platform in the blazing fire as within 30 minutes, there were already more than 800,000 votes. Nearly 627,550 Twitter accounts voted yes, representing 77% of all the poll-takers.
It indicates that there are many who would want to use the joke cryptocurrency as payment for their purchase of vehicles from the leading electric car maker.
Dogecoin rises after poll tweet
Minutes after the latest post from Musk, Dogecoin’s price moved up by 10% and is now closing at the $0.52 mark. This “mini-surge” is likely due to traders reacting about the possibility of Tesla accepting DOGE as payment for its cars.
With the latest increase, DOGE is now up by 20% for the past week and has recorded an astonishing 21,700% increase in the past year.
Musk’s post also almost coincides with the announcement of SpaceX that it will accept Dogecoin payment for space-bound payload delivery. The space exploration company is also owned by Musk.
The mission was dubbed “DOGE-1 to the moon” as if fulfillment of the promise that the meme currency will land on the moon.
A possible DOGE holder
Earlier this year, Tesla became the first car company to allow buyers to pay Bitcoin (BTC), with the company using its own internal and open source software and will operate its BTC nodes directly.
The Bitcoin that will be paid to Tesla by its customers won’t be converted to fiat and will remain as the cryptocurrency.
Now, with the recent inquiry from Tesla’s big boss, the company might become a Dogecoin holder as well.
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