Customers of Tesla can now purchase the company’s famous electric cars using Bitcoin, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday through Twitter.
“You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin,” Musk tweeted.
Earlier this year, Tesla decided to invest $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency, which helped Bitcoin reach new all-time record highs amid increased demand from institutions.
Following Musk’s tweet, the biggest digital currency in the world in terms of market capitalization, rose by as much as 4% above $56,000.
Following some selling pressures and profit-making, Bitcoin is now down by about 1.60% at $54,818, extending its decline over the past seven days to about 4.2%.