Elon Musk asked his followers If Tesla Should Accept Dogecoin — and they said so

Elon Musk asked his followers If Tesla Should Accept Dogecoin — and they said so

Judging by the results of Elon Musk's Twitter poll on cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin may soon be used to pay for Tesla electric cars

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long been one of Dogecoin's biggest supporters, repeatedly pushing the wonders of Dogecoin on social media and declaring himself a "Dogefather" And now he seems to be exploring further options to legitimize the cryptocurrency, asking his 53 million followers if they want the option to buy a Tesla EV with Doge

Musk posted the poll on Twitter yesterday (May 11)

The poll just closed, but a total of 3,922,516 votes were cast, of which 782% said they wanted Tesla to accept Dogecoin

This does not mean that Tesla will definitely go through with the plan, but there is plenty of other evidence that it could happen For starters, Tesla began accepting Bitcoin as payment in March and made more money from cryptocurrency sales than car sales in Q1 2021

Additionally, on Monday SpaceX announced its DOGE-1 mission to the moon This is a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry a satellite payload into lunar orbit for the price of As you might imagine, it will be paid for in Dogecoin

As SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales Tom Ocinello said in a statement, the mission will "demonstrate the application of cryptocurrency beyond Earth orbit and lay the foundation for interplanetary commerce, and we are excited to launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!"

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Musk may also feel that there is work to be done to increase Dogecoin's value following his guest hosting on SNL on Saturday (May 8)

After Musk called Dogecoin a "hustle" during the Weekend Update segment of his show, Dogecoin's value dropped more than 30% This was the first serious drop experienced in weeks after rising to an all-time high of more than $070 per coin

Given that it started at just $0004876, the current value of about $050 represents an impressive growth of over 10,000% in 2021, but some question whether "memecoin" has a long-term future [If Tesla begins accepting Doge as payment for the Tesla Roadster and the upcoming Tesla Cyber Truck, it could be the next step in securing Doge's future

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