Elon Musk Set To Be Investigated For DogeCoin Tweets, He Reacts
-Billionaire Elon Musk may be investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) because of this tweets about Dogecoin in the past few weeks
-The information was disclosed by Financial market newswire, First Squawk
-The Tesla CEO is however hardly worried about it, stating that he would welcome a probe from the SEC
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk said that he will welcome a probe from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding his tweets on Dogecoin.
While replying to a fan account that posted the news on Twitter, Musk stated that he hopes the SEC investigates him and it will be “awesome”.
I hope they do! It would be awesome 🤣🤣
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2021
Speculations about the SEC investigation of the Space X CEO started when Financial Market news outlet posted it on Twitter.
SEC IS SAID TO INVESTIGATE TESLA CHIEF EXECUTIVE MUSK FOR HIS TWEETS ON DOGECOIN: SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER #Dogecoins #Tesla
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) February 25, 2021
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First Squawk claimed that the Tesla CEO is set to be investigated, according to “sources familiar with the matter”.
Musk has repeatedly tweeted about Dogecoin in the past few weeks in a way that suggests that he is trying to promote the meme coin.
After Tesla invested in Bitcoin earlier this month, Musk stated that he had also bought some Doge for his son, X Æ A-Xii
Even though Elon Musk stated that his tweets about Dogecoin are jokes, he has also expressed a lack of respect for the SEC in the past.
SEC, three letter acronym, middle word is Elon’s
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 2, 2020
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