{"id":18150,"date":"2022-05-28T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T10:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=18150"},"modified":"2022-05-28T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T10:54:32","slug":"elon-musk-says-spacex-will-soon-accept-dogecoin-for-merchandise-starlink-subscriptions-can-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=18150","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says Spacex will soon accept Dogecoin for merchandise &#8211; Starlink subscriptions can follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<\/header>\n<p><strong>Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Dogecoin will soon be accepted into Spacex for merchandise, in the same way that Tesla accepts DOGE payments.  Furthermore, Starlink subscriptions can also be paid with dogecoin \u201cone day\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Spacex will soon accept Dogecoin for merchandise<\/h2>\n<p>Dogecoin got a small boost on Friday when Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that Spacex would soon accept meme cryptocurrency.  The Spacex chief tweeted: \u201cTesla merchandise can be purchased from DOGE, and soon Spacex products too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Musk said that Starlink subscriptions to Spacex may be paid \u201cone day\u201d using dogecoin.  Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet to remote and rural areas around the world, its website describes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528617 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653724387_738_Elon-Musk-says-Spacex-will-soon-accept-Dogecoin-for-merchandise.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528617 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653724387_738_Elon-Musk-says-Spacex-will-soon-accept-Dogecoin-for-merchandise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528618 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653724387_529_Elon-Musk-says-Spacex-will-soon-accept-Dogecoin-for-merchandise.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-528618 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653724387_529_Elon-Musk-says-Spacex-will-soon-accept-Dogecoin-for-merchandise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After Musk tweeted about Spacex accepting digital currency, the price of the crypto-meme skyrocketed.  At the time of his tweet, DOGE was trading at $0.078399 per coin.  It quickly rose more than 8% to $0.084927.  However, the meme coin quickly lost most of its gains and is currently trading at $0.081469.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/tesla-begins-accepting-dogecoin-payments-merchandise-purchased-with-doge\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Acceptance started<\/a> Dogecoin paid out in January for some merchandise, and the electric car company does not currently accept any other cryptocurrencies.  The company used to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/tesla-accepting-bitcoin-elon-musk-btc-payments\/\" rel=\"noopener\">accept bitcoin<\/a> for products but <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-tesla-suspended-accepting-bitcoin-environmental-issues\/\" rel=\"noopener\">I stopped<\/a> due to environmental concerns.  Musk said in June of last year that Tesla would do so <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-tesla-resume-accepting-bitcoin-miners-confirm-clean-energy-usage\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resume admission<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/BTC\" rel=\"noopener\">BTC<\/a> When miners can confirm 50% clean energy use.  However, he still had to reconsider the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has always been supportive of Dogecoin.  He is known in the crypto community as The Godfather.  The Tesla CEO previously revealed that he owns Bitcoin, Ether, and Dogecoin.  but, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-spacex-owns-bitcoin-personally-owns-btc-ethereum-dogecoin-pump-dont-dump\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacex only owns Bitcoin<\/a>.  In April, Tesla\u2019s balance sheet appears <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/tesla-hodls-bitcoin-balance-sheet-shows-1-26b-in-digital-assets\/\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.26 billion<\/a> in digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>The head of SpaceX said in May that Dogecoin has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-reaffirms-dogecoin-has-potential-as-a-currency-as-twitter-deal-is-put-on-hold\/\" rel=\"noopener\">as currency<\/a> Whereas Bitcoin is best suited as a file <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-bitcoin-store-of-value-dogecoin-transactions-time-names-him-person-of-the-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\">store of value<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Tesla and Spacex is currently trying <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-purchases-twitter-for-44-billion-social-media-company-will-transition-to-a-private-company\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter buy<\/a>.  However, the deal is currently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-reaffirms-dogecoin-has-potential-as-a-currency-as-twitter-deal-is-put-on-hold\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Put it on hold<\/a> Pending details supporting the account that fake and spam accounts account for less than 5% of the social media platform\u2019s users.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think of Elon Musk\u2019s announcement that Spacex will soon accept dogecoin and Starlink subscriptions?  Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__body__author\">\n<div class=\"article__body__author__avatar\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-Senators-Introduce-Crypto-Penalties-Bill-Experts-Say-Excessive.png 1x, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kevin-200x200-closeup.png 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-Senators-Introduce-Crypto-Penalties-Bill-Experts-Say-Excessive.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-Senators-Introduce-Crypto-Penalties-Bill-Experts-Say-Excessive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osoyoostoday.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/US-Senators-Introduce-Crypto-Penalties-Bill-Experts-Say-Excessive.png 1x, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kevin-200x200-closeup.png 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-150 photo\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body__author__info\">\n<h6 class=\"article__body__author__info__name\">\n<\/h6>\n<p>Kevin Helms\n<\/p>\n<p>Kevin, an Austrian economics student, found Bitcoin in 2011 and has been a missionary ever since.  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