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Teslas can now be bought for bitcoin, Elon Musk says
일론 머스크 "이제 비트코인으로 테슬라 산다"
Posted : 2021-03-26 12:56
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In this file photo Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center on March 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. Tesla began officially accepting bitcoin as currency to purchase electric autos, Chief Executive Musk said on March 24, 2021. AFP
In this file photo Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center on March 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. Tesla began officially accepting bitcoin as currency to purchase electric autos, Chief Executive Musk said on March 24, 2021. AFP


Tesla Inc customers can now buy its electric vehicles with bitcoin, its boss, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday, marking a significant step forward for the cryptocurrency's use in commerce.

테슬라 최고경영자(CEO) 일론 머스크는 수요일 "지금부터 비트코인으로 테슬라를 구매할 수 있게 됐다"고 밝혔고, 이는 비트코인의 상용화에 상당한 진전이다.


"You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin," Musk said on Twitter, adding that the option would be available outside the United States later this year.

머스크는 트위터에 "당신은 이제 비트코인으로 테슬라를 살 수 있다"고 말하며 "올해 말 해외에서도 가능하게 될 것"이라고 덧붙였다.


The electric-car maker said last month it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and would soon accept it as a form of payment for cars.

테슬라는 지난달 15억달러어치의 비트코인을 사들이며 이를 곧 자동차 구매 시 결제수단으로 허용할 것이라고 발표한 바 있다.


Bitcoin, the world's biggest digital currency, rose more than 4% after Musk's tweet.

세계 최대 디지털화폐인 비트코인은 머스크의 트윗 이후 4% 넘게 상승했다.


Musk said bitcoin paid to Tesla would not be converted into traditional currency, but he gave few other details on how the bitcoin payments would be processed. The company was using "internal open source software", he said.

머스크는 테슬라에 결제된 비트코인이 기존화폐로 전환되지는 않을 것이라고 밝혔지만, 비트코인 결제가 어떻게 처리될지에 대해서는 자세한 내용을 밝히지 않았다. 테슬라는 자사 오픈소스 소프트웨어를 사용하고 있다고 그는 설명했다.


Most mainstream companies such as AT&T Inc and Microsoft Corp that allow customers to pay with bitcoin typically use specialist payment processors that convert the cryptocurrency into, say, dollars and send the sum to the company.

고객이 비트코인으로 결제할 수 있게 한 AT&T, 마이크로소프트 등의 주요 기업들은 일반적으로 암호화폐를 달러로 환전해 회사로 송금하는 전문적인 중개 업체를 이용하고 있다.


Like other cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is still little used for commerce in major economies, hampered by its volatility and relatively costly and slow processing times.

다른 암호화폐와 마찬가지로 비트코인은 변동성과 상대적으로 비용이 많이 들고 처리 시간이 느리다는 이유로 주요 국가의 상거래에서 거의 사용되지 않고 있다.


Musk, who regularly posts comments on Twitter about cryptocurrencies, last month criticized conventional cash, saying when it "has negative real interest, only a fool wouldn't look elsewhere".

정기적으로 트위터에 암호화폐 관련 글을 올리는 머스크는 지난달 "마이너스금리 하에 다른 곳을 쳐다보지 않는다면 바보"라며 기존 현금을 비판했다.


Tesla recently added "Technoking of Tesla" to Musk's list of official titles.

테슬라는 최근 머스크에게 '테크노킹'이라는 새로운 직함을 추가했다.


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