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Elon Musk is thinking of taking dogecoin as payment for Tesla cars

Consideration comes despite Musk’s own admission that dogecoin is a ‘hustle’

Elon Musk, hosting Saturday Night Live during a sketch of Episode 1803. Musk could trigger another dogecoin surge after tweeting overnight about the meme cryptocurrency
Elon Musk, hosting Saturday Night Live during a sketch of Episode 1803. Musk could trigger another dogecoin surge after tweeting overnight about the meme cryptocurrency Photo: Getty Images

Eccentric billionaire Elon Musk is considering accepting dogecoin as payment for products at electric car firm Tesla, months after introducing payment acceptance for bitcoin.

Musk, who is one of the meme coin’s most vocal and prominent supporters, asked his Twitter followers whether they would like Tesla to accept dogecoin in future.

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