{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/tesla-rejects-bitcoin/","result":{"data":{"ghostPost":{"id":"Ghost__Post__609ceb83fcd600003bbc84c5","title":"Tesla rejects Bitcoin","slug":"tesla-rejects-bitcoin","featured":false,"feature_image":"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/05/443.png","excerpt":"Plus: house prices are inflating like it’s the 80s, and back to the office on 21st June?","custom_excerpt":"Plus: house prices are inflating like it’s the 80s, and back to the office on 21st June?","created_at_pretty":"13 May, 2021","published_at_pretty":"13 May, 2021","updated_at_pretty":"13 May, 2021","created_at":"2021-05-13T09:04:03.000+00:00","published_at":"2021-05-13T09:10:12.000+00:00","updated_at":"2021-05-13T09:10:12.000+00:00","meta_title":null,"meta_description":null,"og_description":null,"og_image":null,"og_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"twitter_image":null,"twitter_title":null,"authors":[{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null}],"primary_author":{"name":"Annie Mellor","slug":"annie","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null},"primary_tag":null,"tags":[{"name":"#blog","slug":"hash-blog","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"#feed","slug":"hash-feed","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"multiply-minute","slug":"multiply-minute","description":"The 1-minute read to get the money news you need with expert adviser commentary","feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"public"}],"plaintext":"Tesla rejects Bitcoin\nPlanning to buy a Tesla with Bitcoin? You may have missed your chance. Tesla has \nsuspended Bitcoin purchases [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57096305] due\nto environmental concerns. Bitcoin uses a huge amount of energy to create (mine)\nnew currency and to process transactions, and at the moment that’s coming from\nburning fossil fuels like coal. Musk says Tesla will hang onto the £1 billion of\nBitcoin it bought in February and use it when the cryptocurrency goes green.\n\nHouse price inflation\nA UK house price gauge has hit its highest level since 1988\n[https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-housing-market-boom-loses-steam-rics-2021-02-11/]\n, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). More of its\nproperty surveyors are reporting house price rises than at any other time in the\nlast 3 decades. It also says buyer demand is going up in every region in the\ncountry, but the number of properties coming to the market has slumped since\nMarch.\n\nBack to the office?\nBoris Johnson says the advice to work from home will come to an end on 21st June\n[https://www.cityam.com/boris-johnson-confirms-working-from-home-advice-set-to-go-on-21-june/]\n, as long as the coronavirus roadmap continues as planned. The issues of social\ndistancing and the future of work are still under review ahead of the next step\nof lockdown easing.","html":"<h3 id=\"tesla-rejects-bitcoin\">Tesla rejects Bitcoin</h3><p>Planning to buy a Tesla with Bitcoin? You may have missed your chance. Tesla has <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57096305\">suspended Bitcoin purchases</a> due to environmental concerns. Bitcoin uses a huge amount of energy to create (mine) new currency and to process transactions, and at the moment that’s coming from burning fossil fuels like coal. Musk says Tesla will hang onto the £1 billion of Bitcoin it bought in February and use it when the cryptocurrency goes green.</p><h3 id=\"house-price-inflation\">House price inflation</h3><p>A UK house price gauge has <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-housing-market-boom-loses-steam-rics-2021-02-11/\">hit its highest level since 1988</a>, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). More of its property surveyors are reporting house price rises than at any other time in the last 3 decades. It also says buyer demand is going up in every region in the country, but the number of properties coming to the market has slumped since March.</p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img src=\"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/05/image-3.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1751\" height=\"1478\" srcset=\"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/size/w600/2021/05/image-3.png 600w, https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/size/w1000/2021/05/image-3.png 1000w, https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/size/w1600/2021/05/image-3.png 1600w, https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/05/image-3.png 1751w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 720px) 720px\"></figure><h3 id=\"back-to-the-office\">Back to the office?</h3><p>Boris Johnson says the advice to work from home will <a href=\"https://www.cityam.com/boris-johnson-confirms-working-from-home-advice-set-to-go-on-21-june/\">come to an end on 21st June</a>, as long as the coronavirus roadmap continues as planned. The issues of social distancing and the future of work are still under review ahead of the next step of lockdown easing.</p>","url":"https://multiply.ghost.io/tesla-rejects-bitcoin/","uuid":"d9228344-9c19-49d5-9e46-1bb13eea6d19","page":null,"codeinjection_foot":null,"codeinjection_head":null,"codeinjection_styles":null,"comment_id":"609ceb83fcd600003bbc84c5"}},"pageContext":{"slug":"tesla-rejects-bitcoin"}},"staticQueryHashes":["176528973","2358152166","2561578252","2731221146","4145280475"]}