Both Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk have emerged as quasi-bitcoin ambassadors, using their Twitter platforms to spout their devotion to the virtual currency.
And their mutual love for the digital currency has brought them together in a way that has become somewhat rare among big tech executives.
"He's constantly on Twitter, constantly talking about what [Tesla is] doing — and how he's feeling about it as well," Dorsey said at a trade show in 2016. "He's very open and using it to correct press and if people aren't focused on the right things. I think he's a really good model of how to use it well."
Musk gave Dorsey some tips on how Twitter could be improved in January 2020Musk.
The Tesla CEO said it would be helpful to tell fake and real users apart.
"Is this a real person, or is this a bot net, or a sort of troll army, or something like that?" Musk said.
Musk came to Dorsey's defense in March 2020 amid an attempted oustingDorsey.
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An activist hedge fund that had amassed about a 5% stake in Twitter pushed an initiative to drive Dorsey out of his role as CEO. The hedge fund, Elliot Management, reasoned that since Dorsey led two companies, Twitter and Square, he wasn't focused enough on the former.
Musk — who also helms two companies — tweeted, "Just want say that I support @Jack as Twitter CEO. He has a good" heart, using the heart emoji.
"Within a few minutes of the post coming up, I immediately got texts from a bunch of people I know, then I immediately called Jack so probably within less than five minutes my account was locked," Musk told the Times.
Both Musk and Dorsey have become accidental crypto influencers
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Dorsey especially has thrown his support behind the digital currency, which has seen booming popularity and growth recently.
The Twitter CEO has simply "#bitcoin" in his account bio and said at Miami's bitcoin bonanza last year that "Bitcoin changes absolutely everything. I don't think there's anything more important in my lifetime to work on."
And he said in a series of tweets in mid-2021 that Square was toying with building out a hardware wallet for bitcoin.
And Musk has proven he can move markets with crypto-related tweetsMusk.
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Musk has said he strongly believes in crypto, and Tesla said at one point it would accept vehicle purchases in the form of bitcoin. The CEO also included the #bitcoin hashtag in his Twitter bio at one point.
But last year, Musk announced the company was suspending bitcoin payments over concerns around the use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions. He said Tesla would start accepting it when at least half of bitcoin mining is powered by clean energy.
Musk has kicked off market rallies for the tweets he posts about cryptocurrencies, much to the anger of regulators and investors.
For example, he tweeted in 2021 "my Shiba Inu will be named Floki," a reference to the Shiba Inu that represents dogecoin. The altcoin shot up 16% just minutes after Musk published his tweet.
Musk and Dorsey finally publicly dished on their mutual enthusiasm for cryptoMusk and Dorsey.
Musk is also becoming a Twitter board member, and the company's current CEO tweeted his support early Tuesday for the news, calling Musk a "passionate believer."
Dorsey shortly after tweeted something similar.
"I'm really happy Elon is joining the Twitter board!" Dorsey said. "He cares deeply about our world and Twitter's role in it. Parag and Elon both lead with their hearts, and they will be an incredible team."
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