A Reddit poster claiming to be aware of Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) bitcoin (BTC) investment showed that the data it made public on January 2 is un true, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
What happened: After Tesla announced its Bitcoin investment on Monday, the focus was on the TSLAInsider user’s Reddit message posted weeks earlier.
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“If you need to know the truth: I’m a young German and I took acid while doing this article last month,” Hendrik told the Post in an interview.
“I had the affliction that Elon was going to buy Bitcoin, so I created this trollpost. And now every newspaper in the world talks about it, it’s a little fun and scary to be honest with.
The user posted a link to the publication’s history and to corroborate it.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said last week that money market regulators must take an inventory of the frenzy surrounding GameStop and other inventories before taking action, according to Reuters.
The social media platform doubled its valuation to $6 billion by raising $250 million in E-Series financing from new and existing investors.
Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $48003. 72 on Tuesday after Tesla’s announcement. The cryptocurrency is traded at 0. 10% higher than $46392. 83 at the time of publication.
Shares in prices: Tesla shares closed Tuesday with a decrease of approximately 1. 6% to $849. 46 and fell 0. 47% in the one-hour session.
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