Elon Musk Ends His Bitcoin Silence With A Surprising Comment

Elon Musk’s one-word reply on X has put Bitcoin back in the headlines, even if the comment was ￰1￱ simple response — “True” — came after a widely shared post linking recent gains in gold, silver and Bitcoin to heavy government spending and currency ￰2￱ and crypto fans noticed ￰3￱ Reading: BNB’s Comeback Meal — Trader Says The Token Ate The Dump For Breakfast Musk’s Brief Reply Signals Interest According to the post by ZeroHedge, which has more than 2 million followers, the rallies were tied to what the author called an AI “arms race” between the US and China and to large-scale fiscal ￰4￱ agreed with the ￰5￱ added a view that echoes a common pro-Bitcoin line: fiat can be printed, while Bitcoin’s tie to energy gives it a different kind of ￰6￱ single-word answer reopened a conversation many thought had ￰7￱ money is not the problem: AI is the new global arms race, and capex will eventually be funded by governments (US and China).

If you want to know why gold/silver/bitcoin is soaring, it’s the “debasement” to fund the AI arms ￰8￱ you can’t print energy ￰0￱ — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 14, 2025 ￰9￱ is why Bitcoin is based on energy: you can issue fake fiat currency, and every government in history has done so, but it is impossible to fake energy. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 14, 2025 Tesla’s Past Moves And Holdings Based on reports, Tesla bought $1.5 billion of Bitcoin in early 2021 and said it would take the coin as payment for ￰10￱ the deal was ￰11￱ company soon stopped accepting Bitcoin because of concerns about mining’s heavy energy use and said it might resume payments only after a major move toward renewable mining ￰12￱ mid-2022, Tesla sold about 75% of its holdings, a move that happened near a market low and drew wide ￰13￱ to Arkham Intelligence, Tesla still holds roughly 11,509 BTC, which is worth about $1.25 billion at current ￰14￱ The Market Might Be Watching Traders read signals.

A single public endorsement from a high-profile executive used to move prices ￰15￱ was the case in 2021 when Tesla’s investment and payment plan helped lift ￰16￱ Reading: Dogecoin Sheds 25% As $57M Flees Market — Can The Memecoin Recover? Now, the context is ￰17￱ markets are bigger and more diverse, and a one-word message does not equal a corporate ￰18￱ official change at Tesla has been reported, and company spokespeople have not confirmed any shift in ￰19￱ image from ET Edge Insights, chart from TradingView