In just 3 months, Elon Musk has mentioned Bitcoin 9 times in his tweets. Bitcoin price fluctuated many times after Musk’s statement.
On June 4, the notorious hacker group Anonymous posted a video “declaring war” on Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In it, Anonymous said that Elon Musk used his reputation to manipulate the cryptocurrency market, especially Bitcoin.
According to the CryptoNews From mid-March until now, Elon Musk has directly mentioned Bitcoin 9 times on his personal page. Two of them, he made the market red, Bitcoin depreciated by 10%. Elon Musk has a big impact on the Bitcoin market? The last time Elon Musk posted an article about Bitcoin was an image of an angry couple, with the words “BTC” and a broken heart symbol. Many people think this is a signal that Elon Musk no longer believes in the most valuable cryptocurrency. Soon after, he posted a meme photo of a trader who had difficulty trading because of the price correction. 
Is Elon Musk Talking Too Much About Bitcoin? Photo: Nikkei. According to the CryptoNews Bitcoin price dropped 2% just an hour after Musk posted the above article. In the following 24 hours, the Bitcoin price dropped 6%. That’s not the biggest drop Musk has made with the crypto market. On May 12, when Elon Musk announced that Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin, in just an hour, the price of Bitcoin dropped 10%. This number remains for the next 24 hours. Not every article by Elon Musk has had such a large market impact. Out of Elon Musk’s last 9 Bitcoin-related posts, as of March 12, the majority have generated less than 1% volatility in the Bitcoin price. Even many articles have a positive influence, like when Elon Musk posted the Bitcoin symbol and diamond hand, alluding to the term Diamond hands, which are people who hold coins for a long time to wait for the price to rise. Following the aforementioned post, Bitcoin price increased by 3.6%. Over the next 24 hours, the increase is 10%, but it is difficult to confirm that it is entirely due to Musk’s post. 
Musk’s latest post is understood by many in the sense that he wants to “break up” with Bitcoin. Screenshots. CryptoNews commented that except for the news that Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin payments and broke his heart, Elon Musk’s articles did not have too much impact on the cryptocurrency market in general and Bitcoin in particular. The fluctuations after his post were mainly due to previous market movements, hard to say because of Musk. Reasons for the volatility of the crypto market can include traders’ excessive use of leverage, China’s crypto ban, signals of crypto restrictions in the US, or concerns about cryptocurrency markets. environment. Elon Musk is getting hate for talking too much It cannot be said that Elon Musk can single-handedly influence the cryptocurrency market. However, the fact that he shares too much about this field still has the opposite effect on the reputation of the CEO of TEsla. Recently, every time Musk writes a Bitcoin-related article, he often receives negative feedback. According to data from the company Awario, which measures the emotions of social network users, the rate of positive responses to Elon Musk’s tweets fell to the lowest level in May. Negative feedback peaked on May 12, when he announced Tesla would stop accepting Bitcoin electric vehicle payments. 
Talking too much about cryptocurrencies, especially negative articles about Bitcoin, is damaging Elon Musk’s reputation. Photo: Twitter. In January, the number of tweets for and against Elon Musk was about equal. However, by May, the number of tweets against the Tesla CEO was 25% higher. This is the highest negative rate since Awario started measuring it in October 2020. According to this company, the number of tweets with neutral views still accounts for the highest proportion, up to 66%. “Clearly he is teasing the community,” said Bobby Ong, co-founder of crypto data analytics firm CoinGecko. “When Musk speaks out about crypto, the market will wait for a reaction,” Nick Spanos, co-founder of the ZAP Protocol crypto project told Reuters. While data from Musk’s most recent statements shows that the market reaction is less dependent on his words, Musk could still have a negative impact on his reputation. More than just damage to the crypto market, this could directly affect his other companies like Tesla. “Elon is slowly entering an area where it’s best not to say much, because Bitcoin is the currency of the future. I think that’s the danger zone for Elon, because when he makes his dips. price makes a lot of people lose money, they will stop supporting him and then Tesla,” Ross Gerber, CEO of investment firm Gerber Kawasaki and Tesla investor shared with Yahoo Finance .
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