SpaceX to follow Tesla in accepting DOGE payments for merch: Elon Musk

Just four months after electric vehicl manufacturer Tesla started accepting Dogecoin (DOGE) for merchandise purchases, Elon Musk announced his plan to extend the payment option for his space exploration company, SpaceX.

Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has been a staunch supporter of the DOGE ecosystem since 2019 and has since publicly revealed interest in accepting memecoin payments across his multibillion-dollar enterprises.

Tesla merch can be bought with Doge, soon SpaceX merch too

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2022

Historically, Musk’s pro-DOGE tweets have had an immediate and positive impact on DOGE’s market prices, as investors try to cash in on the hype. However, the recent revelation about SpaceX’s plan to accept DOGE payments for merchandise had no significant effect on the price amid a bearish crypto market.

Moreover, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView show that DOGE lost over 55% in value between May 8 and May 13, trading at $0.08077 at the time of writing.

Dogecoin price 1-day chart. Source: TradingView

In December 2021, DOGE gained 25% after Musk confirmed that Tesla will accept DOGE for merchandise. Along with similar timelines, the entrepreneur revealed his belief about DOGE being a better everyday payment option as compared to Bitcoin (BTC).

Maybe one day

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2022

If things work out just as planned, Musk might eventually start allowing DOGE payments for Starlink subscriptions.

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