In a rare return to Twitter, one of dogecoin's two cofounders claimed the crypto market is ... [+] controlled by a "powerful cartel of wealthy figures." More recently, he reportedly called Musk a "self-absorbed grifter" after Tesla decided to stop accepting bitcoin as a method of payment in May, prompting a widespread sell-off that the cryptocurrency market has yet to recover from. “I bought dogecoin after eight years of vowing never to buy crypto again, an hour ago,” he tweeted in June. Further ReadingThe man who dodged the Dogecoin (Decrypt)Dogecoin Suddenly Crashes After Major Investor Backs A Radical New Crypto Coin—Sending Its Price 1,000% Higher (Forbes)'Release The Doge! '—Elon Musk Gives The Dogecoin Price A Sudden Boost As Bitcoin And Ethereum Lead The Crypto Market Lower (Forbes)

Source: Forbes July 14, 2021 20:37 UTC