Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has said he still owns and 'won't sell' his bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin—advising people not to hold dollars when inflation is high.
... [+]"As a general principle, for those looking for advice from this thread, it is generally better to own physical things like a home or stock in companies you think make good products, than dollars when inflation is high," Muskvia Twitter as part of a conversation with bitcoin bull Michael Saylor."I still own and won't sell my bitcoin, ethereum or doge [for what it's worth].
The series of tweets failed to boost the bitcoin price as Musk's tweets on cryptocurrency have done in the past. The dogecoin price spiked briefly but fell back, resuming a downward trend that's seen it lose more than 80% of its price since a Musk and influencer fuelled rally pushed dogecoin to over 70 cents per doge almost one year ago.
Musk, who'd asked his Twitter followers what their thoughts were about the"probable inflation rate over next few years," was replying to Saylor, the chief executive of business intelligence software company MicroStrategy, who predicted"consumer inflation will continue near all-time highs, and asset inflation will run at double the rate of consumer inflation" over the next few years, adding:"weaker currencies will collapse, and the flight of capital from cash, debt,...
"It is not entirely unpredictable that you would reach that conclusion," Musk responded, referring to Saylor's large bitcoin holdings. MicroStrategy, a decades-old software company, has pivoted to a bitcoin acquisition vehicle over the last couple of years. MicroStrategy now holds just over 125,000 bitcoins, currently valued at about $4.8 billion.
Musk, who's become one of the most divisive figures in the crypto community over the last year, has repeatedly called for upgrades to the meme-based bitcoin rival dogecoin, suggesting last year doge could work with ethereum to"beat bitcoin hands down." While Musk has said he personally owns bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin it's not known how much or when he bought the cryptocurrencies.
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