The price action is fun, but the bigger impact concerns decentralized alternatives to today’s financial system.
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Last night, Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, changed his Twitter profile to a single word: “Bitcoin”. He also tweeted a cryptic message: “In retrospect, it was inevitable.”
The price of Bitcoin rose in the wake of the tweet, as did Google’s search for “Bitcoin”. The price increases liquidated short positions of around USD 387 million.
In this episode, NLW breaks down the market reaction to Musk, the importance of the tweet, and why it all relates to the bigger story of WallStreetBets, Robinhood, and the shift in financial power.
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