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<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB"><a href="https://u.today/elon-musk-sparks-crypto-communitys-enthusiasm-with-neuralinks-first-product">Tech mogul Elon Musk</a> has taken to the X social media platform to make a staggering announcement. This announcement and, likely a promotion as well, caused a surprising and enthusiastic reaction from Crypto Twitter and members of the regular community on this platform.</p>
<h2 id="elon-musk-to-give-up-his-cell-phone-contract-in-favor-of-x">Elon Musk to give up his cell phone contract in favor of X</h2>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Musk tweeted that, in several months, he intends to discontinue using his phone number and switch solely to using the X app for text messages and audio/video calls. The latter have not been implemented yet, but last year the X boss mentioned that the developer team was working on those features.</p>
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 <p lang="en" dir="ltr">In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1755870691159626094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a>
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<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Many cryptocurrency fans and regular users of the X platform responded to it, some quite enthusiastically, while the comments of others seemed worried. Prominent crypto YouTuber Lark Davis stated that he “might follow suit.” A major XRP fan, @XRPcryptowolf, once again asked if Musk intends to add XRP as a payment method to the platform.</p>
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 <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Might follow suit...</p>— Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCryptoLark/status/1755882589540253725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a>
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<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Others began inquiring whether all user phone numbers would be mandatorily removed from their X accounts.</p>
<h2 id="potential-consequences-of-musk-s-decision">Potential consequences of Musk's decision</h2>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">This step of Musk may attract a lot more users to X but may also potentially push away those who are concerned about the rising dominance of technologies in the world and the strengthening impact they have on people’s lives.&nbsp;</p>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Some may indeed start following suit and begin using their cell phones - not for the sake of telephone connection but as a basis for X as the leading app. If this trend becomes stronger, cell connection providers are going to face big financial losses in the future.</p>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">However, no matter what, it certainly seems like a big step toward the digitized future that many cryptocurrency enthusiasts look forward to.</p>
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 <p lang="en" dir="ltr">This plus Starlink and we have a new world</p>— James CryptoGuru (@Jamyies) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jamyies/status/1755884311142953426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2024</a>
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<h2 id="gabor-gurbacs-likens-bitcoin-to-elon-musk-s-companies">Gabor Gurbacs likens Bitcoin to Elon Musk's companies</h2>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Earlier this week, Musk commented on the multiple articles in the mainstream media that predicted a collapse of one of his companies over the past few years. The billionaire stated that if he received a dollar each time he read such an article title, he would not have to raise any money.</p>
<p lang="en-GB" xml:lang="en-GB">Gurbacs, a digital currency advisor for VanEck and Tether, likened that to Bitcoin, which has been proclaimed dead more than 400 times.</p>

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