Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tweets "Don't Panic"
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Eunbyeol] Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who caused a 'coin panic' in the cryptocurrency market by suspending Bitcoin payments, left a message saying "Don't panic."
On the 13th (local time), Musk posted on Twitter a photo with the phrase "Don't Panic" along with the words "As always."
After announcing the day before that Tesla would stop selling its vehicles using Bitcoin, Musk posted a tweet promoting Dogecoin and then uploaded this photo on Twitter.
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The photo shows the Tesla electric sports car Roadster that SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Musk, sent into space aboard the Falcon Heavy rocket launched in February 2018. The Roadster, carrying a mannequin named Starman dressed in a spacesuit, has a dashboard with the phrase "Don't Panic" from the beginning of Douglas Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Musk is known to have read this book during his teenage years and nurtured his dreams about space.
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