Tesla CEOElon Musk tweeted a raunchy picture of a couple in bed eyeingbitcoin at $69,000.Crypto fans responded in droves to celebrate after bitcoin reached an all-time high near $67,000 on Wednesday.- Elon Musk's Tesla holds 42,902 bitcoins, worth around $2.8 billion.
Tesla CEO and cryptocurrency champion Elon Musk on Thursday posted a raunchy tweet about bitcoin's $4 of $69,000 the day before, prompting responses from thousands of users.
The cartoon featured a man and a woman in bed watching $4 stand at $69,000 on their TV, followed by a comparatively lackluster ether at $4,200.
His tweet might have been inspired by the fact that bitcoin rallied to a record of nearly $67,000 on Wednesday, following the successful launch of the ProShares' Bitcoin Strategy ETF, the first futures fund.
Following the launch of the ETF, many market experts believe bitcoin could $4 to $80,000 in the near term and even up to $168,000 over the longer term.The $4 tweets have in the past caused coins such as bitcoin, dogecoin and even shiba $4 to rise in price, although his post on Wednesday didn't elicit much reaction in the market.
Tesla $4 42,902 bitcoins now worth almost $2.8 billion, according to $4. However, the company reported it had a $51 million $4 on those holding in the third quarter.