
Gokhshtein believes Bitcoin maximalists think Elon Musk is key figure who can let BTC reach new high
Gokhshtein Media founder, former US Congressional candidate and now crypto influencer David Gokhshtein took to Twitter on Christmas Day to talk with his army of followers about bitcoin and Elon Musk’s potential role in its future growth. .
Elon Musk’s Tesla pushed BTC to ATH once, can they do it again?
Gokhshtein tweeted that Bitcoin maximalists would give anything to see the boss of Tesla and Twitter convert all of his assets into the flagship digital currency.
Last year, Elon Musk revealed in a tweet that he owns bitcoin, “a little bit of ethereum and definitely dogecoin.”
This was before Tesla announced that it had bought $1.5 billion worth of the major digital currency on the crypto market in January 2021. The company also announced back then that it would begin to accept BTC as payment for its luxurious e-cars. However, a few months later, Musk canceled that option due to concerns about the controversial role of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work mining in global environmental issues.
Nevertheless, this purchase of BTC by the Tesla giant was one of the main factors that pushed bitcoin to an all-time high of $58,668 in March 2021. energy.
Are Bitcoin maxis placing their hopes on Elon Musk?
Despite the fact that Musk promised that his e-car producing company would keep BTC on its balance sheet, in July this year, as U.Today reported, Tesla sold nearly all of its Bitcoin for slightly under $1 billion.
Now, according to David Gochstein, Bitcoin Maxis believes that if Musk were to convert all of his wealth into BTC, the price could soar, perhaps reaching near $69,000 last November or lower. reach a level less than
At the time of this writing, the leading digital asset is changing hands at $16,869; that is a whopping 75.50% below last November’s historic peak.