A Reddit user who claimed in a post a month ago to be a Tesla Inc insider and knew about the electric car maker's purchase of bitcoin said on Tuesday that his assertions were not true. The user's original post stating Tesla was buying bitcoin drew little attention when it appeared Jan. 2. The user told the New York Post late on Tuesday that he is in fact a prankster from Germany. The user, who told the Post his name was Hendrik, told Reuters that the information in the New York Post article was correct. The New York Post added that with the timeline on the Reddit post, Tesla would have had to start buying bitcoin in late December.

Source: Mint February 10, 2021 03:11 UTC