Bitcoin is becoming more expensive on Wednesday after Tesla Inc. head Ilon Mask said that this cryptocurrency can be used to buy electric cars issued by his company, Interfax reports.
“Now you can buy Tesla for Bitcoins,” wrote a mask on Twitter. He added that those who are outside the United States will be able to do the same “later this year.”
Mask also noted that the bitcoins that are thus obtained will be saved and will not translate into traditional currency, reports MarketWatch. He said that Tesla will only use “internal open source software” for receiving payments.
Bitcoine rate by 17:54 (GMT + 4) rose by 4.3% – to $ 56,689 thousand, according to CoinDesk. For three months he rose 2.4 times, in the last year – almost nine times. Record level of $ 61 556 Cryptovaya cost reached March 13.