虛幣回神！馬斯克：SpaceX 也有比特幣，跌了我會賠錢
知名創業家馬斯克（Elon Musk）透露，除了自己創辦的特斯拉（Tesla Inc.）及 SpaceX，個人擁有的「三大有意義資產」就是比特幣、狗狗幣及以太幣，且特斯拉、SpaceX 都持有比特幣部位。消息傳來激勵加密貨幣全面飆高。
FOX Business、Barron′s等外電報導，馬斯克21日與Twitter執行長Jack Dorsey、方舟投資（Ark Invest）執行長凱薩琳伍德（Cathie Wood）共同出席「The B Word」線上論壇時指出，他擁有的比特幣遠多於以太幣或狗狗幣，若比特幣報價下滑「我就會賠錢」。
「我或許會設法提振、但決不拋售（I might pump, but I don’t dump）。」「我不相信炒高出售這種做法，我希望看到比特幣成功。」
特斯拉已暫停接受客戶以比特幣付款，主因馬斯克對挖礦消耗的大量能源感到憂心。此前多數虛幣挖礦作業都在中國進行，當地主要以煤炭發電。不過中國最近嚴令禁止虛幣挖礦，加密貨幣網路也開始轉移至美國等地，這也許能提高可再生能源用量，若這項趨勢能延續，那麼馬斯克說，特斯拉有望恢復比特幣付款機制。
馬斯克表示，「我們希望多做些功課，確認可再生能源用量是否50%以上，有沒有繼續增加的趨勢，若確定如此，那麼特斯拉就會再次接受比特幣付款。」
馬斯克並說，特斯拉在資產負債表持有比特幣的理由之一，就是全世界利率目前都接近零，歐洲甚至轉為負利率。他說，特斯拉在歐洲的銀行存款就面臨負利率，「看到歐洲銀行存款不斷下滑著實令人心煩，真的太瘋狂。」
馬斯克並未撤回對狗狗幣的支持。他說，「狗狗幣有些無俚頭，還有極佳迷因」，也不過分嚴肅。他相信，部分最不可能的投資，最終利潤卻可能最豐碩。
針對比特幣，馬斯克希望「核心效率」改善，如此才能為個人帶來更好生活水準及力量。
加密貨幣聞訊全面跳高。Coindesk報價顯示，截至台北時間22日上午7時58分，比特幣報32,140.30美元，較24小時前大漲7.7%；以太幣報1,995.70美元，較24小時前大漲11.25%；狗狗幣報0.190417美元，較24小時前大漲11.32%。
（本文由 MoneyDJ新聞 授權轉載；首圖來源：Flickr/Heisenberg Media CC BY 2.0）
馬斯克聲稱他持有大量比特幣，並有意在 SpaceX 打造自家礦場
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds Above 30K as Sentiment Improves- CoinDesk
Cryptocurrencies were mostly higher on Thursday as bullish sentiment returns. Bitcoin was trading around $32,300 at press time and is up about 1% over the past week. The price recovery off $30,000 support stalled following positive comments from Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday. Technicals suggest upside is limited around $34,000 resistance.
Lukas Conrad, chief product officer at Bitpanda, an Austrian financial services platform, described the trading environment across cryptocurrencies as a “roller coaster ride,” in an email to CoinDesk.
“The price of Bitcoin has been producing lower highs and lower lows recently while remaining in a downtrend,” Conrad wrote. “Even though pressure from sellers might be diminishing, buyers won’t turn things around until resistance is broken.”
Latest prices
Cryptocurrencies:
Traditional markets:
S&P 500: 4367.3, +0.2%
Gold: $1806.1, +0.11%
10-year Treasury yield closed at 1.259%, compared with 1.291% on Wednesday
Bitcoin was already well bid ahead of The B Word conference on Wednesday. And now analysts are questioning whether Musk’s comments are enough to keep bitcoin bulls active.
Subscribe to , By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms & conditions and privacy policy
“The jury is still out on whether this positive spark will bring enough confidence to change the direction of the markets,” wrote Ulrik Lykke, executive director of crypto hedge fund ARK36, in an email to CoinDesk.
“Investors should still be attentive to the risk and realize that this may indeed not be enough to bend the current downwards momentum,” Lykke wrote.
Bitcoin short-term holder capitulation
Short-term holders who are underwater (holding bitcoin significantly below the acquisition cost) are in capitulation mode, according to data from Glassnode.
The chart below shows the short-term holder market value to realized value (MVRV) ratio, which is at the lowest level since January 2020. In a bearish price trend, a low MVRV ratio is typically aligned with capitulation events, according to Glassnode.
Chart shows bitcoin short-term holder MVRV ratio. Source: Glassnode
Bitcoin dominance stabilizes
Bitcoin’s dominance ratio, which measures bitcoin’s market capitalization relative to the total market capitalization of major cryptocurrencies, is stabilizing around 46%. The ratio has risen from a June low around 39%, which could signal further upside in bitcoin relative to other cryptocurrencies.
It is possible that bitcoin is seen as a safe haven as altcoins experience sharper selloffs during bear markets similar to 2018.
Chart shows bitcoin dominance ratio, a measure of bitcoin’s market cap relative to the total cryptocurrency market cap Source: TradingView
Ether to outperform bitcoin?
Ether has been consolidating relative to bitcoin over the past two months. The ETH/BTC ratio could see a short-term breakout, especially if ether holds above the $2,000 level.
ETH/BTC daily chart Source: TradingView
Stablecoins in the spotlight
Financial regulators need to consider “the worst case scenario, the adverse scenario and the different likelihoods of those scenarios, and then assessing risk” when regulating stablecoins, Dan Burstein, general counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Paxos, said in a TV interview at CoinDesk’s First Mover.
The worst-case scenario would be a run on assets, according to Burstein. “If those assets are held in illiquid assets, or risky assets, then those might not be able to be sold for $1. And those tokens are then going to be under reserved, they’re going to break the buck, and they’re not really entitled to the name of stablecoins.”
Altcoin roundup
Reddit chooses Arbitrum: Arbitrum has been selected by Reddit to make the social media site’s Ethereum-based Community Points system ready for prime time. Rollups, a solution for the world computer’s limited capacity, temporarily bundle transactions on a sidechain so that more users can participate in the primary network. Reddit said Thursday that Arbitrum beat out 21 other entrants to become the winner of its “Scaling Bake-Off.” Other projects being considered included Solana, StarkWare and Polygon, to name a few.
Ethereum-based authentication platform raises $27M: Magic, an Ethereum-based authentication platform that allows users to log into websites without relying on passwords or the centralized honeypots that store vast lists of them, has closed a $27 million funding round. The Series A round, announced Thursday, was led by Northzone and included Tiger Global, Volt Capital, CoinFund and Digital Currency Group (also the owner of CoinDesk). It brings Magic’s total funding to $31 million, following a $4 million seed round in May 2020 that included the likes of Placeholder, SV Angel and Naval Ravikant.
Relevant news
Other markets
Most digital assets on CoinDesk 20 ended up higher on Thursday. In fact everything was in the green except for dollar-linked stablecoins.