Elon Musk reiterates offer to eat a Happy Meal on TV if McDonald's accepts Dogecoin – Featured

Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reiterated his commitment to eating a McDonald's Happy Meal on TV if the fast food chain accepts the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE). Musk originally made the offer a year ago, but McDonald's responded with a counteroffer at the time.

Elon Musk, McDonald’s and Dogecoin payments

Tesla, Spacex and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reiterated his commitment to eating a McDonald's Happy Meal on TV if the fast food giant starts accepting payments in Dogecoin (DOGE).

A year has passed since the billionaire tweeted his offer on January 25, 2022. However, McDonald's did not accept his offer at that time. “Only if Tesla accepts Grimacecoin,” the fast food company’s Twitter account replied. Grimace is a fluffy, purple character who appears alongside Ronald McDonald in McDonaldland commercials.

The topic came up again this week when Twitter user Dogedesigner asked Musk on Thursday whether his offer was still open. The Tesla boss responded with the 100 emoji, indicating that he still stands by his offer.

Following the interaction between McDonald's Twitter account and Musk in January last year, Grimacecoin (GRIMACE), a crypto token unrelated to McDonald's or Musk, was launched. At the time of writing, each Grimacecoin is trading at $0.5879.

Musk, known as the Dogefather in the meme crypto community, has been a long-time supporter of Dogecoin. His electric car company Tesla is currently accepting DOGE for some goods, and Musk has said Spacex will follow suit. Besides, his Boring company accepts DOGE payments for some rides.

The billionaire previously revealed that he personally owns Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin. He said last June that he would do it keep buying and supporting DOGE. In July he confirmed that Tesla didn't sell every DOGE, and in November he said: “ Dogecoin to the moon.”

What do you think about Elon Musk offering to eat a McDonald's Happy Meal on TV if the fast food chain accepts Dogecoin? Let us know in the comments section below.

Kevin Helms

As a student of Austrian economics, Kevin discovered Bitcoin in 2011 and has been an evangelist ever since. His interests lie in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects, and the interface between economics and cryptography.

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