It all started with a tweet by Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk.
i🖤anime
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018[1]
I know, you’re probably wondering, “what does this have to do with Bitcoin?” Let me get to that.
Elon Musk and Bitcoin
After the anime tweet, a user asked the tech entrepreneur when two-factor authentication would be applied to Tesla accounts, and Musk responded with this tweet.
Wanna buy some Bitcoin? 😉😉 pic.twitter.com/9ZbBJ5fuVq[2]
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018[3]
Immediately after the tweet, Twitter locked Musk’s account after thinking his account was hacked. Twitter has been flooded with crypto related spam for well over a year now, but it seems Twitter is starting to have a semi grip on the spam—at least the crypto spam potentially coming from high profile accounts.
Elon Musk has been impersonated by scammers in the past, who have made fake accounts of him offering fake crypto ‘giveaways.’
Binance’s founder even took notice and responded to Musk’s tweet and said:
Lol, it's spreading. I will buy a Tesla if you accept crypto… https://t.co/IgdieNZA0H[4]
— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 23, 2018[5]
The rest of the comments were a flood of crypto enthusiasts promoting the digital token they’re most passionate about or people who were utterly confused.
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Unfortunately, Musk wasn’t actually endorsing or taking a stance on the digital currency but was simply making fun of it.
That is correct
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 23, 2018[7]
Musk Downfall
Bummer; the tech entrepreneur
