Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, stated that once sufficient renewable energy requirements are met, Tesla will begin accepting Bitcoin payments. At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $32,034 with a market capitalization of $601 billion, up 7.74 percent. At the same time, Ether (ETH) has risen by 12% and is currently trading at $1987 as of press time. “Bitcoin and Ethereum managed to cobble together a comeback after Bitcoin went through the important $30,000 area yesterday.