Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has publicly confirmed that he has taken the orange pill.
Last week, he added “#Bitcoin” to his Twitter description and put Bitcoin on Twitter in an eruption of good vibes. Now, he has publicly expressed his support for Bitcoin in the Clubhouse audio chat app. Last night, Musk joined a Clubhouse led by the team at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz to discuss all things of interest. He discussed the likelihood of a manned mission to Mars, as his team has monkeys playing video games via Neuralink and, most importantly, made a public endorsement of Bitcoin.
He shared a story about how a friend of his sent him to make a Bitcoin-themed cake and gave him a piece of it in 2013.
“I think Bitcoin is a good thing,” he said. “I am a supporter of Bitcoin. I’m late for the party, but I’m a supporter. I think Bitcoin is about to get wide acceptance by mainstream financial people. “
From his enthusiastic words for Bitcoin, Musk did not hesitate to welcome Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev to the Clubhouse chat, calling him “Vlad the stock impaler”. Andreessen Horowitz is an investor in both Clubhouse and Robinhood and it would be logical that he wants to facilitate some redemption for Robinhood among his users after the company’s recent actions in the s / r / wallstreetbets saga.
Ultimately, many Bitcoiners saw this endorsement by Musk as a blow to BTC. It also served as another great example that everything is recorded and examined, even the chats at the Clubhouse.
