Musk: I'm "late to the party" with Bitcoin
Just when Bitcoin supporters were feeling left out, however, did the richest man in the world step in with rare words of encouragement.
In an interview with Clubhouse aired late Sunday, Elon Musk openly confirmed that he was a “supporter” of Bitcoin.
“I’ve gotta watch what I say here; some of these things can really move the market,” he began.
Musk revealed that even his friends had tried to onboard him over the years, even feeding him a slice of a Bitcoin cake in 2013. Nonetheless, having held off on closer involvement, he now admits that he is “late to the party.”
“So I was a little slow on the uptake there, my apologies,” he continued.
“I had to think about it for a bit, but I do at this point think that Bitcoin is a good thing and so I am a supporter of Bitcoin, like I said — late to the party but I am a supporter of Bitcoin.”
As Cointelegraph reported, last week, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO added Bitcoin as the only content on his Twitter biography. Amid suspicions that it was a hoax, Musk nonetheless sent BTC/USD skyrocketing for a brief period, the pair adding $5,000 in minutes as users caught on.
The latest interview, however, has seemingly had little impact, with Bitcoin remaining at the lower end of its broad trading corridor which stretches between $30,000 and $40,000.
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