Electric carmaker Tesla has started accepting Dogecoin (DOGE) payments for merchandise on its website, this is the first time the firm will accept cryptocurrency payments since suspending them last year. Following the announcement that was made by Elon via Twitter, the price of Dogecoin surged 10%.
The founder and CEO of Block, Jack Dorsey, has announced that the firm is moving forward with plans to build an “open Bitcoin mining system.” The project’s goal is to make mining BTC “more distributed and efficient,” according to the company’s general manager for hardware Thomas Templeton.
The Swiss National Bank, Switzerland’s central bank, has completed the second phase of Project Helvetia with its partners by integrating a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) into the existing back-office systems and processes of five major banks.
Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:
- Tesla Starts Accepting Dogecoin Payments for Merch
- Jack Dorsey’s Square to Build an ‘Open Bitcoin Mining System’
- Swiss Central Bank Tests Wholesale CBDC
- Crypto Market Movers – ATOM, YFI, CELO