{"id":47788,"date":"2021-08-17T10:37:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47788"},"modified":"2025-09-01T23:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:04:44","slug":"us-listed-company-enables-tesla-dealers-to-accept-dogecoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/us-listed-company-enables-tesla-dealers-to-accept-dogecoin\/","title":{"rendered":"US-listed company enables Tesla dealers to accept Dogecoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The over-the-counter firm BOTS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/08\/16\/2280902\/28613\/en\/Bots-Inc-Allows-Tesla-ev-Buyers-to-Pay-With-Dogecoin-and-Other-Cryptocurrencies.html\">announced<\/a> its readiness to provide processing services in Dogecoin (DOGE) to Tesla dealers and owners of used electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>BOTS focuses on infrastructure solutions in <span data-descr=\"decentralized finance\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DeFi<\/span>, cybersecurity, as well as insurance, consulting, deployment and repair of mining equipment. The company expects to form partnerships with other automakers and their dealers.<\/p>\n<p>The document cites Allied Market Research&#8217;s forecast that the global used-vehicle market from 2020 to 2027 will grow from $828.2 billion to $1.36 trillion, showing a <span data-descr=\"compound annual growth rate\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CAGR<\/span> of 8.3%.<\/p>\n<p>According to iSeeCars.com, a lightly used Tesla Model 3 carries on average a premium of $1,300 or 2.9% above a new EV. This is explained by chip shortages, which lengthened the delivery wait from seven to eleven weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In May Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/tesla-halts-bitcoin-car-sales-and-roils-the-market\">halted sales<\/a> of electric vehicles for Bitcoin due to concerns about the environmental impact of its mining. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-says-tesla-has-begun-selling-electric-cars-for-bitcoin\">introduced<\/a> such an option in February, a month after <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-tesla-invested-1-5-billion-in-bitcoin-the-assets-price-rose-to-44800\">$1.5 billion investments<\/a> in the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-weighs-up-selling-tesla-for-dogecoin\">proposed<\/a> for users to vote on accepting Dogecoin payments. In July, the founder of Tesla <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1417914163888754690\">allowed<\/a> the return of the ability to pay with Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/dogecoin-price-rises-nearly-17-amid-statements-by-mark-cuban-and-elon-musk\">supported<\/a> Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who called Dogecoin &#8216;the strongest cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the basketball team owned by the businessman <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/dallas-mavericks-mark-cubans-nba-club-first-to-begin-accepting-dogecoin\">began accepting DOGE<\/a> as payment.<\/p>\n<p> Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The over-the-counter firm BOTS announced its readiness to provide processing services in Dogecoin (DOGE) to Tesla dealers and owners of used electric vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1198,99,1319],"class_list":["post-47788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crypto-payments","tag-dogecoin","tag-tesla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47790,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47788\/revisions\/47790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}