Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that even though Dogecoin was created as a silly joke, it is much better suited for transactions than Bitcoin . In a recent interview with TIME magazine, after being named TIME’s Person of the year, he said, “Fundamentally, Bitcoin is not a good substitute for transactional currency.”
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Plans to accept dogecoin as payment have been in the works for a while. In December, Musk tweeted that “Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes .” Musk is a high-profile supporter of dogecoin and his tweets often move the price of the cryptocurrency.
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