Elon Musk on crypto: to the mooooonnn! And back again


FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder Elon Musk arrives ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule, before launch of their NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin's price tumbled after Elon Musk said on Wednesday his electric car maker Tesla Inc would no longer accept the cryptocurrency for purchases, citing environmental concerns for the reversal.

Here are some of Musk's comments on bitcoin and other cryptocurrenies like Ether and Dogecoin, some of which moved the digital assets' prices:

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