Tesla Now Accepts Bitcoin as Payment for Cars, Musk Says.

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Keywords: %XBT; 711339Z; TSLA; ALLTOP; ALTNRG; ARO; ASIA; AUTOMOTIVE; BUSINESS; CHINA; CMD; CONS; CONSD; COS; DIGITALCUR; ELQ; GEN; INDUSTRIAL; INDUSTRIES; NORTHAM; NRG; SCIENCE; TEC; TECSVC; TRN; US; WORLD; WWTOP EN %XBT 711339Z TSLA ALLTOP ALTNRG ARO ASIA AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS CHINA CMD CONS CONSD COS DIGITALCUR ELQ GEN INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES NORTHAM NRG SCIENCE TEC TECSVC TRN US WORLD WWTOP Having stunned the market with its audacious bet on Bitcoin earlier this year, Tesla Inc. will now start accepting the world's largest electronic currency as payment for its electric cars. Stay on top of the electric car revolution; sign up to our Hyperdrive newsletter here Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted that "you can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin" and that paying by Bitcoin will also be available to customers outside the U.S. later this year. [Extracted from the article]

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