Blink Charging will accept crypto payments at 93,000+ EV stations worldwide, while Tesla’s early Bitcoin payment promise remains unfulfilled.
Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK), one of the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging companies, announced September 4 it will allow drivers to pay with cryptocurrency across its network before the end of 2025.
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Tesla’s unfulfilled Bitcoin promise still haunts the crypto world
Back in February 2021, Tesla announced that it had purchased $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin and would soon begin accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for its electric vehicles. Elon Musk said at the time that Tesla planned to keep the Bitcoin it received, rather than converting it back to dollars, making it one of the first major automakers to fully embrace crypto in both its treasury and sales strategy.
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