By Subrat Patnaik and Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk and cryptocurrency aficionado on Tuesday asked https://bit.ly/33xrDHR his 54 million followers on Twitter “Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?,” referring to a digital currency worth roughly 48 cents with no real-world use. The question, in the form of a Twitter poll, comes days after…
Elon Musk early on Tuesday asked his followers in a poll on Twitter whether Tesla Inc should accept payment in dogecoin. Musk’s latest tweet comes just days after he said that his commercial rocket company, SpaceX, will accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency as payment. “Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?” Musk asked https://bit.ly/33xrDHR his about…
The rise of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has reached a new level after the token was used to pay for a lunar satellite launch. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s commercial rocket firm, will embark on a Moon voyage in 2022 carrying a so-called cubesat — a mini-satellite used for space research — from Geometric Energy Corp that’s been…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Tom Wilson and Tom Westbrook NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency ethereum climbed to a new peak for a third straight day on Monday on continued optimism about further growth in decentralized finance or “DeFi”, although some analysts said it was overvalued at current levels. Ethereum has soared this year, fuelled by the boom…
The two big names in the $2.2 trillion cryptocurrency market remain Bitcoin and Ether, the coin that fuels the Ethereum network. Bitcoin, the pioneer, has been on a tear, its value up about 500 per cent in the past year. Yet it’s Ether that has been showing its older brother a thing or two, with…
For the first time in 14 months, the auction calendar is behaving as it used to before Covid-19, as rivals Christie’s and Sotheby’s gear up for a week of marquee evening and day sales in New York. The events will begin on May 11 and end on May 14. The phrases “masterpiece” and “museum-quality” are…
Cryptocurrency ethereum broke $4,000 for the first time on Monday, climbing to a new peak for a third day in a row on bets it may find new uses, although some analysts said it was overvalued at current levels. Ethereum, the second-largest coin by market capitalisation, jumped more than 6% to just below $4,175, and…
When federal regulators late last year accused one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency platforms of illegally selling $1.38 billion worth of digital money to investors, it was a pivotal moment in efforts to crack down on a fast-growing market — and in the still-nascent industry’s willingness to dive deeply into the Washington influence game….
Elon Musk-run SpaceX is now accepting the new cryptocurrency Dogecoin to launch an upcoming satellite named DOGE-1 to the Moon. The DOGE-1 is a cubesat to acquire “lunar-spatial intelligence” using onboard cameras and sensors, reports The Verge. The satellite is being developed by Geometric Energy Corporation and it will be flown onboard a Falcon 9…
The pandemic warranted changes such as closing restaurants and banning liquor during the hard lockdown in March last year. It’s been tough; many South Africans’ livelihoods have been affected. However, it could be argued that many people made positive changes, such as starting an emergency fund and drawing up budgets. So, the pandemic has taught…
