02 May Elon Musk Casually Drops the Bitcoin Bomb On Twitter, Once More
In January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned Bitcoin in an innuendo-filled tweet that went viral on Twitter and within the media in the industry. At the time, the technologist wrote that BTC “is *not* my safe word” in a seeming attempt to rile up the crypto community.
On May 1st, Musk continued his attempts to play with the feelings of Bitcoin enthusiasts, tweeting about it twice, eliciting a strong response from every corner of the cryptocurrency industry for the second time in months.
Elon Musk Laughs At Bitcoin Tweet
Elon Musk has created quite the stir in the financial world over the past 12 hours, tweeting “[The] Tesla stock price is too high imo,” resulting in the asset collapsing by approximately 10% during the day’s trading session.
Although many holders of TSLA saw Musk’s statement as controversial because of the seeming effect it had on their investment, the operator of the @Bitcoin account on Twitter, which has over one million followers,…