Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers tin now all own a Tesla electric auto — as long as they accept at least one BTC in their wallet.

As BTC/USD crossed $34,000 at the weekend and went on to hit $35,600 on Jan. 6, the abstraction of Elon Musk became more than affordable than ever.

2021 substitution rate: i BTC = one Tesla

Equally per pricing on Tesla's official website, the company's entry-level offering, the Model 3, retails at $33,960 in the United States if no environmental fuel rewards are practical.

Musk, who has long taunted Bitcoiners with tweets and comments which exit it unclear whether he supports it, continues to face pressure to accept the cryptocurrency for Tesla purchases.

"A #bitcoin at present buys you a Tesla. Then, when volition you accept it, @elonmusk ?" pop Twitter account Documenting Bitcoin wrote at the weekend.

Samson Mow, CEO of Blockstream, also noted the brand new toll parity as Bitcoin hitting new all-time highs.

"Would exist a shame to buy model iii now, when y'all can purchase a roadster for 1BTC later this year," added Juri Bulovic, manager of Bitcoin mining at Fidelity.

BTC/USD vs. $TSLA (orange) yearly gains chart. Source: TradingView

Musk gives the DOGE a os

As Cointelegraph reported, Tesla stock has become a thorn in the side of the most committed Bitcoin proponents as the only stock to outpace its gains in 2020. From just under $90 on Jan. one terminal twelvemonth, by the end of last week, $TSLA traded at $729, marking almanac returns in excess of 700%.

At press time on Wednesday, Tesla was college still, endmost out the previous twenty-four hour period's trading at $735 while so far declining to match Bitcoin's 2021 performance.

Musk himself meanwhile shows piddling sign of engaging with the idea, instead focusing his Twitter energies on Dogecoin (DOGE). After some characteristic tongue-in-cheek publicity for the meme-based altcoin, DOGE/USD shot up by over 125% in a week.

A Shiba Inu theme even graced Musk'south 2020 Christmas greeting to Twitter followers, while an additional helping paw from developed extra Angela White just added to the uptick in Dogecoin'south fortunes.