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Is Elon Musk the king of electronic music? Musk releases NFT video, challenges Beeple: Sell you 420 million Dogecoin

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Is Elon Musk the king of electronic music? Musk releases NFT video, challenges Beeple: Sell you 420 million Dogecoin

Tesla founder Elon Musk recently posted a short video on Twitter featuring a song about NFT. He claimed to have turned the video into an NFT, officially joining the recent NFT craze. Digital artist Beeple, who recently set a record for the highest price of an NFT at Christie's, also had an interesting interaction with Musk on Twitter.

Tesla's Technoking of Music

According to reports, a filing submitted to the SEC by Tesla on 3/15 revealed that CEO Elon Musk and CFO Zach Kirkhorn have changed their titles to Technoking of Music and Master of Coin, respectively, effective immediately.

Just a day later, Musk posted a video on Twitter with an electronic dance music background and NFT as the theme.

HODL, Shiba Inu

Upon closer inspection of the NFT animation, the most prominent NFT sign stands on the moon, surrounded by two rockets and the words "Vanity Trophy". Below, four Shiba Inu dogs rotate around the moon, with slogans like "HODL for the long term" and "Computer never sleeps" below them. The lyrics repeat:

NFT, NFT represents your vanity, computer never sleeps, verified, effectively guaranteed.

NFT Tweet Surges Ahead

Although Musk claims to be selling this masterpiece, major NFT platforms have yet to see any trace of it. However, Musk's tweet has been turned into an NFT and auctioned on the Valuables platform.

As of the time of writing, according to the Valuables platform, the tweet is priced at $275,000, approximately 153 ETH, while Jack Dorsey's 2006 tweet was already at a whopping $2.5 million.

Interestingly, Musk seemed to have hinted at actions such as changing his title to the Technoking of Music and releasing an NFT on 3/14. In a tweet, he said:

I love music, music makes my heart beat faster.

Beeple, Gold Bugs' Amusing Interaction

Recently, digital artist Beeple, who set a record for the highest NFT price at a Christie's auction of $69.3 million, also noticed Musk's NFT. Since Beeple's work was sold for $69 million, he challenged Musk by saying, "I'll bid $69 million."

Musk, in return, bid 420 million Shiba Inu coins.

Peter Schiff, a well-known gold bull and Bitcoin bear, also commented below the post, sarcastically saying:

Why not let Tesla buy this NFT? Tesla can pay with Bitcoin, and I believe shareholders would be happy to include this NFT in their digital currency collection.