evidence: When I speak to Shane Blake, 26, a digital marketing worker from Brighton, he’s in a low mood. "I’m feeling a bit flat after what Elon did," he says, with a deep sigh. "He knows how to take money straight out of my pocket. It’s not nice waking up and checking your balance and realising you’ve just lost £3,000." He is referring to a social media post from the tech CEO in which he stated that Tesla would no longer take bitcoin for payments due to high level of fossil fuels involved with the cryptocurrency’s transactions (the amount of electricity used has the same carbon footprint as Argentina). With that message, Elon Musk wiped £7,000 off the price of bitcoin.