Bitcoin crashes as Tesla Inc suspends payments over climate concerns
Bitcoin crashes as Tesla suspends payments over climate concerns In a statement posted to Twitter overnight, the electric car maker's billionaire boss Elon Musk said that the firm was “concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining transactions" The Bitcoin price tumbled by more than 10% on Thursday after Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) boss Elon Musk said the electric car maker will stop accepting payments in the cryptocurrency amid concerns over its impact on global carbon emissions. In a statement posted to Twitter overnight, Musk said while the firm thought cryptocurr...