Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey agree to talk about bitcoin at an event in July

<div></div> <p><span class="HighlightShare-hidden" style="top:0;left:0"></span></p> <div class="RelatedQuotes-relatedQuotes" id="RegularArticle-RelatedQuotes"> <div class="RelatedQuotes-titleAndTime"> <p class="RelatedQuotes-text">In this article</p> </div> <ul class="RelatedQuotes-list"> <li class="QuoteItem-item" aria-label="Quote for null"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA" class="QuoteItem-link"><span class="QuoteItem-symbol">TSLA</span></a></li> <li class="QuoteItem-item" aria-label="Quote for null"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TWTR" class="QuoteItem-link"><span class="QuoteItem-symbol">TWTR</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="InlineImage-imageEmbed" id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-106820840" data-test="InlineImage"> <div class="InlineImage-wrapper"> <div class="InlineImage-imagePlaceholder" style="padding-bottom:55.55555555555556%"> <div style="height:100%" class="lazyload-placeholder"></div> </div> <div> <div class="InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption">Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S car in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014.</div> <div class="InlineImage-imageEmbedCredit">Lucy Nicholson | Reuters</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="group"> <p>Tech billionaires <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/elon-musk/">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/jack-dorsey/">Jack Dorsey</a> have agreed to discuss <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/bitcoin/">bitcoin</a> with each other at an event in July.</p> <p>In a bizarre <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TWTR" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> thread, Musk responded to a tweet from Dorsey promoting an event called “The B Word,” which aims to encourage companies and institutional investors to adopt bitcoin.</p> <p><span></span></p> <div style="height:100%" class="lazyload-placeholder"></div> <p>“Bicurious?” the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> CEO said, seemingly referring to the “B” word in question.</p> <p>In response, Twitter’s Dorsey said: “Bizarre! Let’s you and I have a conversation at the event. You can share all your curiosities…”</p> <p><span></span></p> <p>Musk agreed. “For the Bitcurious? Very well then, let’s do it,” he said, to which Dorsey later replied: “Done! Will set up.”</p> <p>The event will take place on July 21, according to its <a href="https://www.thebword.org/c/the-b-word" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, “offering a live experience and a library of content to the investor community, enabling a more informed discussion about the role Bitcoin can serve for institutions across the globe.”</p> <p>Comments from Musk have taken bitcoin investors on a wild ride lately. The eccentric Tesla boss initially supported bitcoin, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/bitcoin-spikes-20percent-after-elon-musk-adds-bitcoin-to-his-twitter-bio.html">briefly adding the hashtag #bitcoin</a> to his Twitter bio in January.</p> <div style="height:100%" class="lazyload-placeholder"></div> </div> <div style="height:100%" class="lazyload-placeholder"></div> <div class="group"> <p>Tesla then announced in February that it had <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/tesla-buys-1point5-billion-in-bitcoin.html">bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin</a> and would start accepting it as a method of payment.</p> <p>At the same time, Musk has made a number of tweets supporting dogecoin, which led to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/16/dogecoin-doge-price-meme-cryptocurrencys-rise-sparks-bubble-fears.html">stunning</a> — but <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/22/coinbase-milestones-have-been-reliable-sell-signals-for-bitcoin-doge.html">short-lived</a> — rally for the joke cryptocurrency.</p> <p>More recently, Musk appears to have rowed back on his views about bitcoin. Last month, he said Tesla would <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/12/elon-musk-says-tesla-will-stop-accepting-bitcoin-for-car-purchases.html">stop accepting bitcoin for car purchases</a>, citing <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/13/why-elon-musk-is-worried-about-bitcoin-environmental-impact.html">environmental concerns around the “insane” amount of energy</a> required to mine the digital currency.</p> </div> <div class="group"> <p>He also posted a meme suggesting he’s <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/04/bitcoin-falls-after-elon-musk-tweets-breakup-meme.html">fallen out of love</a> with bitcoin.</p> <p>But earlier this month, Musk said that Tesla would accept the cryptocurrency when at least half of bitcoin mining is confirmed to be powered by clean energy.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/BTC.CM=">Bitcoin</a> fell below the key $30,000 mark on Tuesday, briefly erasing all its 2021 gains. The digital asset has since risen back above $33,000 but is still down almost 50% of its all-time high of nearly $65,000 which it reached in April.</p> </div> <div style="height:100%" class="lazyload-placeholder"></div> <div id="ArticleBody-MobileAdhesion" class="MobileAdhesion-container" data-module="mps-slot"></div> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/technology/2021/06/27/elon-musk-and-jack-dorsey-agree-to-talk-about-bitcoin-at-an-event-in-july/">Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey agree to talk about bitcoin at an event in July</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/technology">Patabook Technology</a>.</p>

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