Source: news.bitcoin.com
The Tesla CEO said merchandise for his space exploration startup could soon be bought using the meme cryptocurrency.
Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is once again helping his pet cryptocurrency, dogecoin (DOGE), gain some momentum.
The billionaire tweeted Friday morning ET that merchandise for SpaceX, his space exploration startup, will soon be able to be bought with dogecoin, just as it can be for Tesla merchandise.
Tesla merch can be bought with Doge, soon SpaceX merch too
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, 2022
The price of dogecoin jumped as much as 10% to nearly 9 cents immediately following the tweet, before recently settling to a gain of about 7.7%.
In December, Muskβs announcement that Tesla merchandise could be bought with dogecoin helped DOGE prices surge as much as 33%.
