Saturday, December 06, 2025 | 02:49 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Musk decries bitcoin's 'insane' energy use after Tesla payment U-turn

Musk denounces amount of energy used to produce bitcoin; however, Tesla will retain bitcoin holdings

bitcoin, cryptocurrency, digital, exchanges
premium

Reuters
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk denounced the “insane” amount of energy used to produce bitcoin on Thursday, doubling down on his sudden rejection of the cryptocurrency as a means of payment over environmental concerns.

Bitcoin fell more than 10% after Musk, one of its most famous backers, tweeted his decision to suspend its use, less than two months after Tesla began accepting it as payment for its electric cars. Other cryptocurrencies, including ethereum, also fell before regaining some ground in Asian trade.

“Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future, but this cannot come

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)