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First Mover: Tesla Sends Bitcoin Mooning Past $44K as Snoop Wins #dogebowl

Electric-vehicle entrepreneur Elon Musk follows through with a $1.5 billion purchase after adding "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile late last month.

Updated Dec 12, 2022, 12:45 p.m. Published Feb 8, 2021, 2:43 p.m.

Tesla, the electric vehicle maker, announced it bought $1.5 billion of bitcoin, after CEO Elon Musk added "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile.