Elon Musk Says Tesla Accepting Dogecoin Payments for Some Merchandise; Cryptocurrency Surges

Elon Musk Says Tesla Accepting Dogecoin Payments for Some Merchandise; Cryptocurrency Surges
CEO of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2015. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
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Elon Musk has announced that Tesla is accepting payment for some merchandise with Dogecoin, sending the meme-based cryptocurrency surging and marking a return for the electric-vehicle maker to accept digital currencies for some purchases.

While the Tesla CEO wrote on Twitter on Jan. 14 that “Tesla merch buyable with Dogecoin,” he didn’t provide further details as to which specific items customers could buy with the cryptocurrency.
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