Bitcoin
$27,386.61-2.62%
Ethereum
$1,742.06-2.89%
Binance Coin
$321.38-3.50%
XRP
$0.42145166-8.78%
Aptos
$12.86+7.36%
Cardano
$0.35981800-3.26%
Dogecoin
$0.07390650-2.20%
Polygon
$1.11-2.78%
Stellar
$0.09083000-4.84%
Solana
$21.46-3.57%
Binance USD
$0.99929027-0.11%
Chainlink
$7.16-2.69%
Polkadot
$6.07-3.54%
Crypto.com
$0.06759553-5.57%
Litecoin
$86.69+6.26%
Shiba Inu
$0.00001064-1.73%
Uniswap
$6.09-4.46%
Tron
$0.06035035-9.74%
Avalanche
$16.84-2.65%
Wrapped Bitcoin
$27,383.20-2.55%
Cosmos
$11.37-3.99%
Quant
$124.70-3.14%
Ethereum Classic
$20.46-0.38%
Monero
$149.87-0.38%
Internet Computer
$5.06-2.70%
dYdX
$2.50-0.65%
Bitcoin Cash
$126.54-4.54%
Lido DAO
$2.39+1.84%
Filecoin
$5.69-2.04%
Stepn
$0.38614718-3.35%
Hedera
$0.06032105-4.41%
Curve DAO Token
$0.94592985-3.69%
NEAR Protocol
$1.95-4.22%
VeChain
$0.02274054-3.88%
Stacks
$1.16+7.65%
Algorand
$0.21307550-3.74%
ApeCoin
$4.01-1.49%
Fantom
$0.46728118-1.50%
Decentraland
$0.58107651-4.03%
The Graph
$0.14271773-4.38%
NEO
$12.28+1.41%
EOS
$1.10-6.02%
Aave
$74.94-4.06%
The Sandbox
$0.63665783-3.47%
Tezos
$1.14-2.96%
Elrond
$42.03-3.61%
Flow
$0.98783558-5.35%
Immutable X
$1.18-4.82%
Theta
$1.00-3.06%
Axie Infinity
$8.35-3.75%
Luna Classic
$0.00012440-2.57%
Synthetix
$2.68-3.48%
Optimism
$2.52-2.38%
Paxos Dollar
$0.99868352-0.17%
Mina
$0.80656313-1.41%
Bitcoin SV
$36.35-1.98%
PancakeSwap
$3.71-2.29%
Maker
$674.06-0.45%
Dash
$57.98+1.39%
Chiliz
$0.11861395-2.53%
eCash
$0.00003033-3.09%
BitTorrent
$0.00000061-2.43%
IOTA
$0.20796265-3.95%
Mask Network
$5.20+2.46%
Convex Finance
$5.30-3.84%
PAX Gold
$1,982.18+1.77%
Zcash
$34.81-3.71%
FTX Token
$1.36-4.78%
Zilliqa
$0.02719984-3.91%
Compound
$42.48-4.91%
Loopring
$0.33387685-5.00%
THORChain
$1.37-5.06%
Fetch.ai
$0.38000021-1.78%
Kava.io
$0.87664152-8.06%
Enjin
$0.38419102-4.53%
Nexo
$0.68056813-0.23%
Basic Attention Token
$0.23922000-3.94%
Ethereum Name Service
$13.67-2.04%
NEM
$0.03826074-5.04%
Injective Protocol
$4.20+1.38%
Woo Network
$0.19941491-3.02%
Qtum
$3.19+0.24%
Terra 2.0/LUNA
$1.36-4.51%
Yearn Finance
$8,461.57-3.24%
Ravencoin
$0.02586957-4.32%
Bitcoin Gold
$15.91-0.00%
Gala
$0.04056862-4.37%
Celo
$0.60612941-2.62%
Kusama
$33.13-4.88%
Decred
$19.40-2.87%
Oasis Network
$0.05706347-4.33%
Audius
$0.28159933+0.56%
Ankr
$0.03282197-4.65%
Sushiswap
$1.05-8.50%
OMG Network
$1.79+0.21%
Ribbon Finance
$0.24228000-0.39%
UMA Protocol
$2.07-0.35%
IoTeX
$0.02440041-3.76%
0x
$0.22741431-2.84%
Waves
$2.23-0.91%
Moonbeam
$0.38000459-3.12%
JasmyCoin
$0.00464361-5.59%
Amp
$0.00386448-4.17%
TerraUSD
$0.02133676-5.22%
Siacoin
$0.00393633-3.47%
Band Protocol
$1.64-5.04%
Nervos Network
$0.00598949+5.89%
ICON
$0.20755266-3.96%
Polymath Network
$0.17599694-0.23%
Alchemy Pay
$0.03530897-6.25%
Skale
$0.03836356-4.65%
NuCypher
$0.11997730+0.06%
Wax
$0.06711960-5.90%
Livepeer
$6.12-5.31%
Lisk
$1.05-3.31%
DigiByte
$0.00940507-3.90%
MetisDAO
$27.73-4.54%
Cartesi
$0.14708381-2.83%
Celsius
$0.34732439-2.77%
iExec RLC
$2.01+9.95%
SafePal
$0.43430092-4.22%
SXP
$0.26574524-4.42%
Joe
$0.37983141+0.66%
Secret
$0.65441112-5.41%
Nano
$0.87139388-1.26%
Syscoin
$0.17323555-0.32%
Numeraire
$18.04-3.51%
Keep Network
$0.19761755-5.56%
Smooth Love Potion
$0.00268957-3.34%
Bancor
$0.56142798-4.03%
Ren
$0.10586091-6.76%
Civic
$0.10546323-4.50%
Voyager Token
$0.33957446-4.83%
Spell Token
$0.00068637-2.77%
Augur
$8.35-0.94%
Aragon
$2.31-1.97%
XYO Network
$0.00712000+1.39%
Vulcan Forged PYR
$3.76-2.36%
Chromia
$0.14969919-4.36%
Steem
$0.20443342-2.07%
COTI
$0.07212604-2.78%
MOBOX
$0.49259271-3.97%
Request
$0.09708890-4.23%
WazirX
$0.16410334-3.24%
NKN
$0.10537489-5.29%
Serum
$0.23241774-4.84%
Sun Token
$0.00642392-7.87%
Stormx
$0.00560207-4.77%
Yield Guild Games
$0.27888495-1.58%
Storj
$0.35670118-3.38%
Orchid
$0.08611213-3.04%
Ampleforth Governance
$3.27-3.43%
Moonriver
$8.30-3.48%
Verge
$0.00283310-4.16%
Alpaca Finance
$0.30478267-2.57%
Polkastarter
$0.41969893-3.97%
Quickswap
$85.76-3.16%
Index Chain
$0.05197328-4.01%
Raydium
$0.23973158-4.19%
Enzyme
$21.20-4.38%
CLV
$0.06250390-2.24%
Harvest Finance
$34.80-4.27%
district0x
$0.02963978-11.41%
Samoyedcoin
$0.00359875-3.30%
Kyber Network
$0.70024362-2.88%
SuperRare
$0.11497383-4.12%
Mirror Protocol
$0.09315375-2.94%
Quantstamp
$0.01698000-0.93%
Star Atlas DAO
$0.26706274-4.65%
SingularDTV
$0.000402100.00%
Tether
$1.00-0.06%
USD Coin
$0.99882163-0.04%
Dai
$0.99892479-0.03%
PlayIconNav
Crypto Prices CoinDesk Market Index
Business

Elon Musk Wants Twitter Payments System to Accommodate Crypto: FT

DOGE spiked on the news.

By Nick Baker
AccessTimeIconJan 30, 2023 at 5:36 p.m. UTC
Updated Jan 31, 2023 at 7:07 p.m. UTC
Consensus 2023 Logo
Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
Secure Your Seat

Nick Baker is CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He owns small amounts of BTC and ETH.

Consensus 2023 Logo
Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
Secure Your Seat

Twitter is designing a system to permit payments through the social-media platform, and although billionaire owner Elon Musk wants it "first and foremost" to be for fiat currencies, he wants the ability to add cryptocurrencies later, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Dogecoin (DOGE) spiked to its 24-hour high after the news broke. Musk has long professed a love of the meme coin.

Read more: Dogecoin Soars as Elon Musk's Twitter Deal Nears Completion

Logo of BTCBTC$27,386.61
2.62%
Logo of ETHETH$1,742.06
2.89%
Logo of BNBBNB$321.38
3.50%
Logo of XRPXRP$0.42145166
8.78%
Logo of APTAPT$12.86
7.36%
View All Prices

DISCLOSURE

Please note that our privacy policy, terms of use, cookies, and do not sell my personal information has been updated.

The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. As part of their compensation, certain CoinDesk employees, including editorial employees, may receive exposure to DCG equity in the form of stock appreciation rights, which vest over a multi-year period. CoinDesk journalists are not allowed to purchase stock outright in DCG.

CoinDesk - Unknown

Nick Baker

Nick Baker is CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He owns small amounts of BTC and ETH.

Learn more about Consensus 2023, CoinDesk’s longest-running and most influential event that brings together all sides of crypto, blockchain and Web3. Head to consensus.coindesk.com to register and buy your pass now.

CoinDesk - Unknown

Nick Baker

Nick Baker is CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He owns small amounts of BTC and ETH.

Read more about
Elon MuskTwitterDOGEDogecoinpaymentsSocial Media