All aboard! Elon Musk's Vegas Loop Now Accepts Dogecoin Payments

TBC founder Elon Musk apparently confirmed the news on Wednesday with a tweet responding to the news, saying, "Support Doge in the possible." New

Elon Musk's tunnel-building company, The Boring Company (TBC), has begun allowing customers to pay for rides on its Las Vegas public transit system using Dogecoin.

A July 6 report from CNBC says the new payment option via Bitpay appeared on Friday, a day after its new Loop station opened at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

While The Boring Company hasn't officially confirmed the new payment method, founder Elon Musk apparently did when he responded to a tweet about the news, saying, "Support Doge as much as possible. possible."

Support Doge whenever possible

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 6, 2022

On the same day, DogeDesigner, a graphic designer with the Dogecoin Foundation, shared a video with his 13,600 Twitter followers, browsing the Vegas Loop reservation page and purchasing a day pass using 37.52 DOGE via BitPay .< /p>

EXCLUSIVE: The Boring Company accepts Dogecoin via BitPay. Here is the video of booking a day pass at Vegas Loop using #Dogecoin. @elonmusk @BillyM2k pic.twitter.com/lmpOkugYGp

— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) July 7, 2022

The new Loop station is located under an integrated resort called Resorts World Las Vegas, and is the fourth stop on the 1.7-mile Las Vegas Convention Center Loop.

Through the underground tunnel system, commuters can catch human-driven Tesla-branded electric vehicles from stop to stop.

This is a far cry from Vegas' original "hyperloop" plans of using magnetic propulsion to move high-speed passenger-carrying capsules through...