{"id":571736,"date":"2022-05-28T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=571736"},"modified":"2022-05-28T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:18:51","slug":"dogecoin-doge-gets-elon-musks-nod-as-payment-for-tesla-spacex-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/dogecoin-doge-gets-elon-musks-nod-as-payment-for-tesla-spacex-merchandise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin (DOGE) Gets Elon Musk&#8217;s Nod as a Payment Option for Tesla and SpaceX Merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elon Musk has stated via Twitter that Tesla will now start accepting Dogecoin (DOGE) as a payment option for its merchandise.<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk also announced that SpaceX would soon start accepting Dogecoin for its merchandise purchases.<\/li>\n<li>The announcement has elicited excitement from the crypto community, as well as suggestions such as Tesla accepting Dogecoin for car payments and Starlink subscriptions via DOGE.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this week, Musk increased his commitment to Twitter&#8217;s takeover bid to $33.5 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk, the CEO of both <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/tesla-block-blockstream-to-mine-bitcoin-in-texas-solar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a> and SpaceX, has announced that the two companies will accept Dogecoin (DOGE) as a means of payment for merchandise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/tesla-will-most-likely-resume-accepting-bitcoin-btc-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a> merchandise can now be bought using the meme-coin with the use of Dogecoin as a payment option for SpaceX merch to be integrated soon. Elon Musk&#8217;s announcement on the Dogecoin integration as a means of payment can be found in the tweet below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tesla merch can be bought with Doge, soon SpaceX merch too<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1530209049261658112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dogecoin as a Payment Option for Tesla and SpaceX Merchandise Excites the Crypto Community<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Musk&#8217;s announcement of Dogecoin integration as a payment option for Tesla and SpaceX merchandise was met with excitement by the crypto and DOGE communities.<\/p>\n<p>Some DOGE community members asked Elon Musk whether <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/elon-musks-twitter-buyout-sends-dogecoin-price-soaring-past-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dogecoin<\/a> will soon be accepted as a payment option for Tesla vehicles and even Starlink subscriptions. Below are some samples in response to Elon&#8217;s announcement on Dogecoin payments for Tesla and SpaceX merchandise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you think Tesla will ever accept doge to buy cars? &#8211; <em>by @greg16676935420<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you DogeFather &#8211; <em>by @itsALLrisky<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently down 100% on Dogecoin but i still think it\u2019s the future of finance &#8211; <em>by @its_menieb<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This made your day, <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24DOGE&amp;src=cashtag_click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$DOGE<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> fam &#8211; <em>by @Jay_OKX (CEO of OKX Crypto exchange)<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_571738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571738\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-571738\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet.jpg 593w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet-346x231.jpg 346w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Elon-Musk-skylink-tweet-269x180.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk responding to the possibility of Dogecoin for Starlink subscriptions. Source, Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Elon Musk Increases his Twitter Commitment to $33.5 Billion<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, Elon Musk increased his commitment to purchase Twitter to $33.5 billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/25\/twitter-jumps-after-musk-increases-commitment-in-takeover-bid-to-33point5-billion-in-talks-for-other-funding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to CNBC<\/a>, Elon Musk is in talks with Twitter founder and former CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/jack-dorsey-to-end-ethereum-nft-auction-of-his-1st-tweet-on-march-21st\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Dorsey<\/a>\u00a0and others to help finance and complete the deal.<\/p>\n<p>In a May 24th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1418091\/000110465922064655\/tm2216931d1_ex-n.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">letter to investors<\/a>, Elon Musk expressed his commitment to completing the deal by stating the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This letter agreement confirms the commitment of the Equity Investor, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to, directly or indirectly, contribute to or otherwise provide equity capital to Parent at or immediately prior to the Closing (or cause an assignee to do the same) in an aggregate amount equal to $33,500,000,000 (such commitment, the \u201cAggregate Equity Commitment\u201d), or such lesser amount as is necessary to fully discharge, when taken together with the aggregate proceeds of the Debt Financing (or, if applicable, Alternative Financing) actually funded at Closing&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Elon Musk has stated via Twitter that Tesla will now start accepting Dogecoin (DOGE) as a payment option for its merchandise. Elon Musk also announced that SpaceX would soon start accepting Dogecoin for its merchandise purchases. The announcement has elicited excitement from the crypto community, as well as suggestions such as Tesla accepting Dogecoin for car payments and Starlink subscriptions via DOGE. Earlier this week, Musk increased his commitment to Twitter&#8217;s takeover bid to $33.5 billion. Elon Musk, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":571739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[825,108367],"tags":[108087,7937,108546,108235,1212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571741,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571736\/revisions\/571741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}