Elon Musk tweets heartbreak emoji with Linkin Park song, Bitcoin market value slumps

Prices for Bitcoin on Thursday slumped after Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted a breakup with the cryptocurrency, making a broken heart emoticon and sharing rock band Linkin Park’s song lyrics. Musk’s latest post toppled the market value of the token by as much as 3.4 percent and it was trading at about US$37,790 on Friday (June 4), according to Coindesk. The cryptocurrency BTC had suffered a major dip only last month after the Chinese government announced a ban on the crypto exchanges and Initial Coin Offerings. Cryptocurrency investors were unhappy with the market turnout and blamed Musk for their loss and the market influence. #Bitcoin 💔 pic.twitter.com/lNnEfMdtJf — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2021 Musk had also signalled that he has no plans to sell cryptocurrency during the downfall in the market. The billionaire CEO had tweeted, Tesla has "diamond hands" by using the emoji for diamond and hands, indicating that Tesla will not be selling its $1.5 billion stakes in bitcoin. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies majorly slumped following Musk’s tweet, as the Tesla founder said, "Credit to our master of the coin”. SpaceX boss had largely fluctuated the DOGE’s market value with a separate "CYBERVIKING" tweet in blue neon lights along with a caption in a reference to Patti Page's song from the 1950s, which shot the prices of the meme token as high at $0.436622 last month. pic.twitter.com/MLhu6oOwgc — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2021 Elon… I put my trust in you — Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) June 4, 2021 So it's over?💔 Has Tesla sold it's #BTC holdings or do you plan to keep holding? — Dave Lee (@heydave7) June 4, 2021 It was inevitable.... Checkmate coming. DOGE 🚀 — David Gokhshtein (@davidgokhshtein) June 4, 2021 I will buy all the #Bitcoin that @elonmusk sells. #Bitcoin ❤️ — Justin Sun 🅣🌞 (@justinsuntron) June 4, 2021 Nooooo. I was just about 10% from breaking even and now the crypto market has crashed again. Why do you do this to us? — Deby Coles (@DebyColes) June 4, 2021 I am really not a fan of Twitter notifications, but have had to turn them on for your account because otherwise I lose money half of time you tweet. All this to say: please try to tweet responsibly and understand you are messing with people’s lives. — Patrick Byrnes (@shadowstripes) June 4, 2021 Elon why ? The market was recovering. Your jokes are playing with people's hard earned money. Give it a break please 🙏 — CrytpoNovice (@Cryptonovice_10) June 4, 2021 What are you doing man? — Thinking Crypto - YouTube Channel & Podcast (@ThinkingCrypto1) June 4, 2021 This is how unfunny that tweet was pic.twitter.com/Ykf4PhK970 — ☆Chris☆ (@PRguitarman) June 4, 2021 $STOPELON token to counter Musk's influence As Musk’s influence on the crypto market has continued, with his tweets roiling the prices of the leading cryptocurrency, crypto enthusiasts launched a new meme token $STOPELON in a bid to counter the tycoon’s impact on crypto’s value. This came after the Tesla founder last month reversed a decision of accepting Bitcoin for purchases of Tesla Inc. electric vehicles, citing environmental concerns. With his recent tweet Musk caused the token to topple by about $27,000 from its mid-April record of $65,000. SpaceX CEO's tweets rattled other segments of the market—such as the Samsung Publishing Co., a shareholder in the producer of the “Baby Shark” viral YouTube song, whose shares shot up to 47,300 Korean won as per the Refinitiv Eikon's data this week. This came as Musk tweeted, “Baby Shark crushes all! More views than humans,” while sharing the footage of the popular children’s jingle during the Asian trading hours.

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Elon Musk tweets heartbreak emoji with Linkin Park song, Bitcoin market value slumps

Elon Musk’s latest post toppled the market value of the token by as much as 3.4 percent and it was trading at about US$37,790 on Friday (June 4).

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