Elon Musk: Crypto’s most important fan
This week Elon Musk announced that Tesla was purchasing $1.5bn worth of bitcoin, and intends to accept bitcoin as a form of payment. The market reacted rapturously, flying to an all-time high over $48,200 appreciating a jaw-dropping 20% in one day, a record single-day dollar growth. What this news means for the crypto industry more broadly, cannot be underestimated. It is praise indeed that one of the world’s richest men backs crypto, particularly one whose business ethos is to be a renegade thinker pushing the boundaries of mankind itself! Whilst there is much talk of reaching a long awaited “tipping point”, this over-simplifies the significance of the events of the last few days. Of course, Musk’s praise of bitcoin has attracted much attention in the traditional media, who have long been hostile to crypto, limiting their commentary to the two main themes of “scam” or “fad”. The rally now seems to be indicative that crypto is held to be a mainstream asset; indeed, bitcoin now has a