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May 12, 2021Payments & adoptionAdoption & integrationdocumented

Tesla suspends vehicle purchases with Bitcoin

Tesla stopped accepting bitcoin for vehicle purchases, citing concerns about fossil-fuel use in mining and transactions.

The company said it would retain rather than immediately sell the bitcoin it held and would reconsider payments if mining used more sustainable energy. The announcement prompted renewed debate over measurement of Bitcoin's environmental footprint.