Elon Musk claims SpaceX will take Dogecoin for Moon...but is it one big meme?

Elon Musk says his rocket company SpaceX will now accept the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin as payment.

In a tweet, he claimed that the commercial space exploration firm will launch the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” early next year.

The volatility of Dogecoin was perfectly illustrated as it first plunged when the technology billionaire said during a Saturday Night Live appearance that the joke crypto was a “hustle”.

The 23-ton core stage of a Long March 5B booster from an out-of-control Chinese rocket has finally plunged back to Earth and into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, China’s Space Engineering Office confirmed.

China has blamed the US for scaremongering over the landing, but Beijng has been accused of playing down the risks from its failed space hardware.

The White House has invoked emergency rules making it easier to ship petrol and oil by road trucks after U.S. fuel operator Colonial Pipeline was hacked.

The attack, which stole more than 100GB of corporate data, is one of the most disruptive such attacks and has prompted calls from American lawmakers to strengthen protections for critical U.S. energy infrastructure from hacking attacks.

Android users: If you have been waiting, Clubhouse will now be available to you, scientists are digitising genomes from bats to study and hopefully prevent future pandemics, Amazon says it’s blocked more than ten billion fraudulent product listings; And finally, after 26 years Microsoft has updated its on-screen icons – but don’t worry they’ve kept the floppy disk.

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