The crypto market is facing a difficult day amid ongoing concerns about the cryptocurrency’s climate impact and further comments from Elon Musk.
Mr Musk, who has become more publicly skeptical about Bitcoin in recent days, initially suggested that Tesla could have sold its huge Bitcoin holdings. He later denied it, which helped the price stabilize but not recover.
This is followed by public statements from the Tesla CEO that he is concerned about the climate impact of the cryptocurrency. He’s also said he’s working on making it cleaner, including discussions with engineers working on Dogecoin.
The latest comments are at a difficult time for the cryptocurrency market. Overall, it is down 8.23 percent on the last day and lost $ 2.1 trillion, according to tracking website CoinMarketCap.
That hit every major cryptocurrency. Bitcoin was down 8.5 percent, Ethereum 9.3 percent, and Dogecoin continued to struggle after losing 5.5 percent the previous day.
Even Cardano – which is promoting itself as a sustainable coin and has weathered some of the losses that hit others – fell more than 9 percent, though it’s still up nearly 25 percent over the past week.
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