Elon Musk's recent declaration that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its cars due to the crypto's massive carbon footprint, as well as a series of confusing and somewhat contradictory tweets about the company's bitcoin holdings, has the investment world up in arms.
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Musk's mixed messages on bitcoin stoke anxieties about cryptos in Corporate America
Bitcoin, it seemed, was finally ready for prime time. Prices were surging, big payments firms were accepting it, and billionaires such as Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiler were endorsing it as an investment.
