The big news this morning on the Bitcoin front is Elon Musk announcing Tesla will now be accepting Bitcoin for payments.

Elon Musk says Tesla now accepts Bitcoin from US customers

“Elon Musk has announced that Tesla cars can now be purchased using Bitcoin (BTC). The electric car company’s CEO and “Technoking” said the firm would operate Bitcoin nodes directly, and would hold on to the Bitcoin it accumulates without converting it to fiat.

Tesla first signaled its intention to start accepting Bitcoin for products in early February, following its purchase of $1.5 billion worth of the digital asset, an SEC filing showed. The option to buy a Tesla using BTC will only be extended to U.S-based customers for the time being.

Elon Musk’s insistence that the Bitcoin earned through the sale of the firm’s vehicles won’t be converted to fiat suggests it is not just being utilized as a transactional medium, but also an investment tool.”

https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-says-tesla-now-accepts-bitcoin-from-us-customers