Dogecoin Payments For Cars: The Quiet Promise That Tesla’s New Code Carries

DOGE community member DogeMemeGirl has drawn the community’s attention to Tesla’s new code, which hints at Dogecoin payments integration. This comes over a year after Elon Musk revealed that Tesla would accept DOGE as a payment option at some point. 

Dogecoin Payments May Be Imminent As Tesla Updates Backend Code

In an X post, DogeMemeGirl revealed that Tesla is upgrading its Dogecoin integration as the new backend code shows a “massive” shift from the old setup. She explained that the old code was basic and dormant, restricted to Tesla’s merchandise only. Meanwhile, the code provides a significant upgrade and hints at DOGE payments for Tesla cars. 

The community member revealed that the new code is woven deep into vehicle checkout for the Tesla Model 3 and the Cybertruck. It also includes hidden “order with Dogecoin” buttons that indicate the Dogecoin payments integration. Lastly, DogeMemeGirl stated that the new code features real-time price conversion and dynamic error handling. 

She also hinted that Dogecoin is likely to be the only crypto that will be accepted by Elon Musk’s Tesla in the meantime. This came as DogeMemeGirl stated that the Bitcoin references have been scrubbed in the new code, while DOGE remains. The community member noted that it is still disabled, but that the infrastructure to buy a Tesla with DOGE is actively being built. 

Tesla’s potential integration of Dogecoin payments could provide a huge boost for the foremost meme coin, expanding its utility and likely leading to more adoption for DOGE. Notably, Musk stated last year that his car company would begin accepting DOGE payments for car purchases at some point. Tesla already accepts the meme coin for some of its merchandise. 

DOGE Integration In X Payments?

This development of the Tesla Dogecoin payments integration comes amid speculations that Elon Musk’s X could also integrate the meme coin into ‘X Payments.’ Musk stated last month that X payments is coming soon, with the possibility that it will still launch this year, as earlier announced by the then-CEO Linda Yaccarino.

DOGE community members, including famous crypto pundit Kevin Capital, have speculated that Musk will integrate DOGE in X payments, which would boost the meme coin’s adoption. Kevin indicated that a potential integration could also significantly impact the DOGE price. 

In the meantime, the meme coin just received another major boost as Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, reportedly passed a law allowing its citizens to pay taxes in DOGE. Dogecoin’s official X platform drew attention to this development just as the meme coin celebrated its 12th anniversary, having launched in 2013. 

At the time of writing, the Dogecoin price is trading at around $0.14, up in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.