{"id":14016,"date":"2021-11-12T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/?p=14016"},"modified":"2021-11-12T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:30:21","slug":"tesla-may-start-accepting-shib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/tesla-may-start-accepting-shib","title":{"rendered":"Tesla may start accepting Shib"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_66_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/tesla-may-start-accepting-shib\/#Teslas_history_with_adopting_crypto\" title=\"Tesla\u2019s history with adopting crypto\">Tesla\u2019s history with adopting crypto<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/tesla-may-start-accepting-shib\/#Musks_new_found_love\" title=\"Musk\u2019s new found love&nbsp;\">Musk\u2019s new found love&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/tesla-may-start-accepting-shib\/#Communitys_response\" title=\"Community\u2019s response\">Community\u2019s response<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Elon Musk calls himself the \u201cDoge father\u201d but recently he has been showing more support for the \u201cDoge killer\u201d aka Shib coin. Is Tesla about to accept Shib as a mode of payment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tesla-s-history-with-adopting-crypto\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teslas_history_with_adopting_crypto\"><\/span>Tesla\u2019s history with adopting crypto<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla has been very on the fence about its stance on adopting cryptocurrencies. In March 2020, Elon Musk was rallying for Bitcoin when Tesla announced they would accept it for payments. This made the price spike exponentially. The crypto community was extremely pumped about Elon being a strong face for Bitcoin as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all tanked when he tweeted in May that they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-57096305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">no longer accept BTC citing environmental concerns<\/a>. The price plummeted like never before in a matter of hours. This market manipulation had left the community with no trust in Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-musk-s-new-found-love\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Musks_new_found_love\"><\/span>Musk\u2019s new found love&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Musk recently split with his girlfriend of three years, Grimes, he has not been spending his days alone. He recently brought home a Shiba Inu puppy named Floki!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Floki has arrived <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2MiUKb91FT\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2MiUKb91FT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1437179881260032016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 12, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This may explain Musk\u2019s new found love for Shib as there are speculations that Tesla is adopting <a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/buy-shib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shib coin<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official Tesla website now references a payment type \u201cSHIBA &#8221; in its source code. This movement sent the Shiba Inu community into a frenzy. While the website references \u201cSHIBA\u201d, the code does not trigger any scripts to run, nor is it enabled. This left the public confused but still hopeful. This could have obviously not just been a mistake leaving an open ended payment method. We suspect that they are testing out the payment channel with SHIB. Or they just wanted to see how the public would respond to it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla nor Musk has responded nor confirmed the rumours surrounding it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-community-s-response\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Communitys_response\"><\/span>Community\u2019s response<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A petition has even been circulating requesting Tesla to accept SHIB for payments. It currently has approximately 50,000 signatories with a goal of 75,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However a few prominent twitter influencers had warned the community to tread lightly until a clear confirmation. These kinds of rumours could drive the price of SHIB up but would ultimately result in a significant crash if debunked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/blog\/shib-overtakes-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SHIB HODLers have been having a good run off late as it reported a monthly rise of 830%, and its yearly rise to a whopping 91,000,000%! On 27th October, it actually overtook Doge coin in market cap!<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/blog\/shib-dig-bury-and-fetch-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get your hands on SHIB today, you can dig, bury and fetch right here on ZebPay!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk calls himself the \u201cDoge father\u201d but recently he has been showing more support for the \u201cDoge killer\u201d aka Shib coin. Is Tesla about to accept Shib as a mode of payment? Tesla\u2019s history with adopting crypto Tesla has been very on the fence about its stance on adopting cryptocurrencies. 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