Could you spend Elon Musk's money if you had it? And what would you spend it on?

For some, well, not all; it's no news that Elon is known for making bold investments in various industries, like automobiles, crypto, space exploration, etc.

Considering how wealthy he has been over the last decades, this is no surprise - earning a massive amount of money off his investments and being the world's richest man with well over $200 billion in net worth.

Elon holds a significant interest in three important companies; Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter. The business magnate spent a whopping $2.89 billion purchasing a 9.2% stake in Twitter, which, in turn, made him the company's largest shareholder.

Elon is known for bold purchases and wise investments, and Twitter shares surged about 27% right after the purchase.
 
## Elon Musk's Best Investments To Date

Over time, Musk has invested in Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX, and DeepMind Technologies, which became successful companies.

### Tesla

Even though he wasn't a founding member of Tesla, he was among those who led an early round of financing the company back in 2004. And in 2008, he became the CEO of the company. Today Tesla is a significant EV manufacturer and the largest EV company by sales and market share.
PayPal
 
Musk founded X.com with others and that ended up being PayPal in 2001. When the owners sold PayPal to eBay in 2002, Musk, who with an 11.7% stake was the company's largest shareholder, received more than $150 million.
 
### SpaceX
 
In 2002, Elon founded SpaceX with a mission to innovate on space technology and a primary aim of taking humans to Mars. Pretty lofty goals, right? Since its inception, Elon has helped the company take on significant space projects; in 2021, NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to haul astronauts to the lunar orbit of the moon's surface in its Starship vehicles. 

## How Would You Spend Elon Musk Money
 
Considering how wealthy Elon is, being the richest man on Earth, you must have thought: 'How would I spend Elon Musk's money?'. Here are some ideas:

## Buy Bitcoin in Large Amounts
 
If you're keen on investing like Elon or just looking for ways to spend your money reasonably, you can purchase and hold Bitcoin in large amounts. Yes, it's a wise decision; in the past and present times, famous business magnates have evangelized the importance of owning Bitcoin. 

Why? Because it might just be the next big thing in finance, if it isn't already.
 
## Start or Invest in a Company You Love
 
Everyone is passionate about something. If that's you, then spending money on starting a company of your liking isn't such a bad idea. It's easier said than done, but what are the odds of losing if you try? You get to do what you love and start something you're passionate about that could lead to something big.

## Final Thoughts

Suppose you have well over a billion dollars. In that case, you can invest in companies, companies that you love their products oh so much, and, more so, companies that have the potential to innovate or change an industry constantly over time.

Do you love Apple products or Tesla cars? Investing in Tesla and Apple is a perfect way to spend your money wisely without worrying over significant losses.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Spend Elon Musk Money? How Would You Spend Billions?

Where did Elongate crypto come from? If you use Twitter often, you will notice that meme coins gained a rise in public attention, which gave rise to more meme coins coming out.

## The cause: Elon Musk and his love for Dogecoin.

The [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/) and [SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/) billionaire frequently shared his thoughts, memes, and use cases for [Dogecoin](/coins/doge) and the Shiba Inu coin. This allowed the billionaire to elevate meme coins to more than just internet and crypto jokes, telling the world that they can be used for purchasing really valuable things, like a Tesla.

Now, Elon Musk's service to the crypto and meme coin community inspired a certain Lorenzo Andree to startup the Elongate coin with a group of others, following a tweet the Tesla founder made in March 2021.

The rest, as they say, is history. Elongate has long moved on into being a project with a purpose; aiming to fight world hunger and climate change, which frankly is an incredibly idealistic approach to giving a crypto project relevance, especially when you place it in comparison with the likes of Bonfire [attach link to the Bonfire article here].

Since launching in March of 2021, it has donated more than 60% of its periodic profits to charitable causes, all of which are voted on by the decentralised autonomous community.

Even without much poking into the mode of operations for Elongate, one can tell that the coin has found great use cases. It has slowly become a model figure for successful meme coins in the crypto community.

Powered by the Binance Smart Chain, it makes a profit on its coin by taking a percentage of transactions carried out as fees, using it to reward holders, storing 60% of it, and then voting on what charitable causes get to enjoy the goodwill of crypto people.

This has made individuals who trade the coin feel a sense of attachment, knowing that the cost of doing business with that coin is going into a charitable cause somewhere in the world.

With more than 400,000 holders, even though the coin is worth a fraction of a cent, we see there is tremendous potential.

If you take a look at this prediction by Digitalcoin and place it side by side with the work they are doing plus the way they operate and the blockchain they are built on, you will see that in the nearest decade, it could be one of the most valuable coins around in the crypto market.

While many may be skeptical about its inception, growth, current market value, and future, it is worth noting that nothing is really ever a joke when a purpose is given to it in the crypto space. Citing the initial example of Dogecoins and Tesla's, one can begin to see possibilities in how crypto can not just be a part of our lives outside the internet, but also significantly impact it.


Elongate Crypto: When a Meme's Not a Joke

There are many influencers within the crypto space. Some use their followers for personal gain and some are more reliable. None are bigger and have more impact than that of Elon Musk. It should come as no surprise as [Elon Musk's Twitter](https://twitter.com/elonmusk) account has amassed a staggering 81 million followers.

Along with promoting his businesses, such as Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company, Elon Musk Twitter also occasionally comments on the happenings within the crypto community. In April of last year, Elon's Twitter saw many tweets coming from the man himself promoting and posting memes about a meme coin called [Doge](/coins/doge). This activity from Mr. Musk's Twitter brought much awareness to the coin. Its value went from 5 cents per coin to an incredible 73 cents over the span of only a month. 

## Elon Musk and Dogecoin

At the time of writing, the top holder has an enormous 22.59% of the entire supply of Dogecoin. This information produces some unanswerable questions. Is the top holder Elon Musk and is he promoting the coin for the love of crypto and memes, or is it to make a financial gain off the back of his followers?

Dogecoin is not the only crypto Elon has talked about on his Twitter. He's also spoken dozens of times about Bitcoin, the mother of all crypto coins. At one point, Musk was accepting crypto as payment for his electric automobile company Tesla, so it makes sense why he would often talk about crypto. Like many other people, he wants more people to buy into it to increase the value per coin.

## Musk, McDonald's & the Crypto Community

Elon Musk's Twitter is such a staple within the crypto community that when Elon Tweets something, whatever words he uses in the Tweet get turned into a crypto coin, occasionally amassing up to millions of dollars’ worth in market cap. Until recently, Elon's Twitter was the only account people would create coins based on Tweets. This changed on January 25, 2022, when Elon tweeted at McDonald's, saying: 'I will eat a Happy Meal on TV if @McDonalds accepts Dogecoin.' This provoked McDonald's into replying with 'only if @tesla accepts grimacecoin'. 

Grimace coincides with Ronald McDonald within the McDonald's universe. He was first introduced in a TV commercial back in 1972. This crossover of Elon, McDonald's, and the crypto community saw many new tokens created that night called Grimace Coin. Only one survived the night and continued to make a run up to $12 million in market cap over the next four days.
 
Elon Musk's Twitter is now firmly set in stone to be a staple of the crypto community. It would take a major event to reduce his impact to nothing. Whether it's a good or bad thing that he has this much impact, we can all agree that it is very intriguing to see what will come from his Twitter antics next.


How Elon Musk’s Twitter Account is So Influential

2022 has started out with a noticeable lack of love for cryptocurrency investors, but the standing consensus among the cryptocurrency Brain Trust is that digital assets _will_ continue to draw new investment dollars this year, despite having to weather the current volatility.

Halfway through January, and already there are some newsworthy events to suggest that 2022 will be another wild ride.

## Wal-Mart Files Paperwork Signaling Expansion into Crypto and NFTs

The world’s second largest retailer (behind Amazon) has apparently seen enough, and now mega-force, Wal-Mart, wants in on the crypto-craze after watching how remarkably well digital assets performed in 2021.  Wal-Mart has already [submitted formal applications](https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97197301&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch) with the US Patent office for selling virtual goods, and another filing suggests that the retailer wants to begin offering Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) as well. 

NFTs are perhaps the biggest juggernauts to come out of the digital assets market in 2021.  While an NFT isn’t entirely the same as a cryptocurrency, they share many characteristics.  The key distinction is that NFTs are _non-fungible_ tokens, whereas cryptocurrencies are.  Fungible simply means “tradeable.” 

Based on a review of the patent office filings, Wal-Mart has been putting an extensive amount of time and considerable resources into preparing for their inevitable expansion into the digital assets market.

They’re not alone.  Given the growing popularity of the metaverse, and since Facebook announced a rebranding to “[Meta](/news/article/facebook-metaverse-nft/),” signaling their intention to expand into the metaverse, there has been a “gold rush” of sorts among many major brands to adopt their own forms of crypto-currencies, NFTs, or both.

## Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, Pumps Dogecoin with (another) Tweet

Is it a move to pump the market?  Who’s to know for sure, but after weeks of suggesting the possibility, Tesla’s celebrity CEO, Elon Musk, officially announced that the all-electric car maker would begin accepting the cryptocurrency [Dogecoin](/coins/doge) for Tesla branded merchandise.  The announcement was made [via Musk’s Twitter account](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1481873421390680065) on Jan. 14th.

It’s been a remarkable journey for the cryptocurrency that was originally launched as a mockery.  Most crypto enthusiasts know well enough by now that favourable news like this can be announced for the sole purpose of _pumping_ the value of digital assets like Dogecoin.  In this case, the Tesla CEO’s Twitter announcement sent Dogecoin skyward, but only momentarily.  Dogecoin shot up from .17 cents per coin up to .20, but then fell back to pre-announcement levels within 72 hours.

## Arkansas offering Bitcoin and a Bicycle to Young Tech Talent

If living in the US ever had any appeal, then the state of Arkansas might be worth checking out.  In addition to being the only state in America with [an active diamond mine](https://www.thetravel.com/finding-a-diamond-at-crater-of-diamonds/) that the public can visit, the [Northwest Arkansas Council (NAC)](https://nwacouncil.org/), in collaboration with the southern state’s major employers, is offering remote employees an incentive that includes $10,000 in bitcoin…_if_ you’re willing to relocate to the state.

Thousands of prospects have already submitted their interest.  Conditions are that you must be 24 years old and have at least two years of work experience.  The only ostensible catch is you need to “set up shop” within six months of being accepted and willing to sign a one-year lease or buy a home in the Arkansas area.

“This move was designed to attract more participants in blockchain technologies to help build up the region’s tech economy," says NAC Communications Director, Nate Green.

Wal-Mart, Tesla Lead Early 2022 Crypto Headlines

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, recently asked his Twitter followers whether or not he should sell 10% of his stocks shares in the company.

Tesla became the first car company in the market to be worth more than $1 trillion in the past year. This may be a good opportunity for investors with potentially high returns, as the company has shown previously.

## Musk Has $3.6 billion in Shares

Tesla shares are now around $363.54, meaning Musk's shares in the company are worth something in the ballpark of $3.6 billion. When you compare that to his net worth outside of Tesla it seems like nothing. He is currently estimated to be worth over $20 billion (via [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/europe)).

Musk ran a poll on Twitter that gave people the chance to vote for their decision. He tweeted: **"Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?"**

The results showed that 57.9% voted yes- he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. In total, around 3.5 million followers voted.



Will Elon Musk Sell £21bn of Tesla Stocks?

Electric car-maker [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/) yesterday reported record revenue and profits for the third quarter of the year.

However, Tesla's accounts also record a $51 million impairment charge relating to its bitcoin investment.

The company, led by CEO Elon Musk, reported no new purchases or sales of digital assets in its Q3 accounts, just like in Q2. However, under accounting rules for digital assets a company must record an impairment charge if the value of an asset it holds falls during the quarter it is reporting on. Any increase in value is not reported as a gain on the accounts.

## Tesla Purchased 41.5 billion Bitcoin

It is reported that because Tesla holds crypto as an 'indefinite-lived intangible asset' the company is required by accountancy rules to record the value of bitcoin at the time of purchase. If the BTC value falls well below the price at the time of purchase, Tesla must write down the value of its holdings as an impairment charge. 

It was announced in February that Tesla had purchases $1.5 billion-worth of bitcoin and sales of around 10% of that holding saw Tesla's balance sheet later boosted by some $272 million.

Plans to allow the purchase of Tesla vehicles with bitcoin were suspended in May, amid apparent concerns about the environmental impact of the cryptocurrency. However, over the summer, Musk stated that the plan could 'likely' be resurrected if ecological concerns were addressed.

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