{"id":5923,"date":"2022-01-25T17:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2022-01-25T17:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:10:44","slug":"elon-musk-seems-to-want-mcdonalds-to-take-dogecoin-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=5923","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Seems to Want McDonald&#8217;s to Take Dogecoin Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li>Elon Musk on Tuesday appeared to urge McDonald&#8217;s to accept Dogecoin as payment.<\/li>\n<li>The Tesla CEO said he&#8217;d eat a McDonald&#8217;s Happy Meal on TV if the chain accepted the coin.<\/li>\n<li>Dogecoin cofounder Billy Markus last week replied to a McDonald&#8217;s tweet saying: &#8220;I want a fry.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup&#010;                          inline-newsletter-signup-variant&#010;                         headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-list=\"10 Things In Tech You Need To Know\" data-acq-source=\"techverticalinline\" data-event-label=\"10_things_tech\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\">\n                        <title>Loading<\/title><br \/>\n                        Something is loading.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk on Tuesday appeared to urge McDonald&#8217;s to accept Dogecoin as payment, saying he&#8217;d eat a Happy Meal on TV if the chain did so.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Billy Markus, cofounder of Dogecoin, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyM2k\/status\/1483858779477143552\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a> to a McDonald&#8217;s tweet featuring a picture of fries, saying: &#8220;i want a fry.&#8221; McDonald&#8217;s then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McDonalds\/status\/1483867591152132096\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a> to Markus&#8217; tweet with a picture of a Shiba Inu, the mascot of Dogecoin.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1485953263040188416\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> Tuesday: &#8220;I will eat a happy meal on tv if McDonalds accepts Dogecoin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s didn&#8217;t immediately reply to Musk&#8217;s tweet or respond to Insider&#8217;s request for comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Markus&#8217; tweet last week, another user <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlasnostGhost\/status\/1484002773905592321\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> McDonald&#8217;s: &#8220;If you guys accepted Dogecoin payments I would go more often.&#8221; McDonald&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McDonalds\/status\/1484013232373256202\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a>: &#8220;We appreciate hearing your interest and continuously evaluate the payments experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk is a longstanding advocate of Dogecoin and his tweets referencing the cryptocurrency often move the market. Before he posted his McDonald&#8217;s tweet Tuesday, Dogecoin was trading at around $0.135. Shortly after he tweeted, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/currencies\/dogecoin-price-elon-musk-tweet-mcdonalds-should-accept-meme-coin-2022-1\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">the coin was trading at around $0.14<\/a>, a gain of nearly 4%.<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1481873421390680065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1481873421390680065%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestreet.com%2Finvesting%2Fcryptocurrency%2Fmcdonalds-under-pressure-to-accept-musks-favorite-crypto-dogecoin\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> last month that Tesla would let customers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/currencies\/tesla-starts-accepting-dogecoin-for-merchandise-meme-coin-spike-2022-1\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">buy some merchandise with dogecoin<\/a>, including the company&#8217;s Cyberquad for Kids and the Cyberwhistle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/elon-musk-mcdonalds-dogecoin-cryptocurrency-payment-eat-happy-meal-tv-2022-1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk on Tuesday appeared to urge McDonald&#8217;s to accept Dogecoin as payment. 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